Foreign World Monaco<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
We walked in another world. Even the everyday seemed strange. In Starbucks, I met young people who displayed expensive labels. Their names have been Avantgarde, Naomi, Diamond or Chiara. I felt like an exot ith my name. Alina and I talked about our ideas about how we could use the bad weather situation best. We discussed possibilities and created plans. Looking at the faces of the teenagers, I wondered what kind of life they dream off? What plans do they have? How would they use their fully privileged situation (assuming they are from a wealthy home)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Involuntarily, I have to think of the four men we had seen on the highway. At first I thought they were construction workers, but then it turned out they were on the road from Italy to France. They were dark-skinned and with small luggage on the road. “Refugees?” I asked Alina. We were surprised and worried. The subject of refugee movements in Europe and also Asia has always accompanied me on my travels. And how is the Europe-wide issue of refugees and asylum seekers<\/strong> treated in Monaco? Monaco is not part of the EU and connected through special contracts with it. Few refugees are currently being admitted. Just around the 33 refugees living in 2014 in the small principality with about 40,000 inhabitants (current data are difficult to research). A sad figure, considering the prosperity in this state. But statistics alone do not show the entire picture.\u00a0It is more complicated than that. I am curious how this topic will be handled within the EU in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After our short trip to Monaco, we decided to explore the French rocks of the Cote d’Azur<\/strong>. In Gorbio<\/strong> we found a picturesque, medieval village surrounded by forests, olive groves and rock climbing<\/strong>. The medieval core of the village has been built on a rock and offers wonderful views of the valley and the Mediterranean. The cobblestone alleyways from the 14th to the 16th century are narrow, winding through archways and do not allow any car traffic. A 300-year-old elm, whose trunk now measures a circumference of more than five meters is planted in the center of the village square. Historians say the tree was planted to celebrate the treaty of Utrecht, which initiated the peace process in Europe around 1713. This village is a perfect hide-out to avoid tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gorbio is located only 100 km from Finale Ligure, and yet the climbing was a challenge of a different kind. The rock was fundamentally different from the one in Italy. It was a mixture of stone quarries with cracks, tufa and drip holes. There was also a wall named Thai wall. Of course, we had a look at the routes here as well. Unfortunately, the weather worsened quickly so I did not have time to climb the route named Pad Thai, a typical Thai noodle dish. Unfortunately we have had only an appetizer from the climbing at the Cote d’Azur. The short excursion has, however, given the opportunity to put this region on our bucket list for future climbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\nClimbing in Gorbio<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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