April / May 1999

Monaco was famous as an elegant winter resort at the beginning of the century, an escape from the wintry climes of northern Europe, but that was before skiing became fashionable and jets crisscrossed the world in a few hours. Nowadays the jet-setters spend the winter on the ski slopes or the Caribbean, taking their noisy mobile phones with them and, apart from the daily influx of commuters, Monaco’s residents are left in peace to enjoy the sunshine and blue skies. …