QUESTION 1: What are some of the “things” or activities that the people of Monaco do for fun?
ANSWER: Sea rowing and a meal at the Monaco Yacht Club – even if you are not a member – by eating at the rowing club’s café, which is in the same building. Observatory Cave – in the Exotic Garden, 100 m above sea-level, at the foot of the cliff, there is an underground cavity adapted for visits. And Condamine Market – a daily morning market, located at Place d’Armes near the Port Hercule. It’s a colorful Provençal market and center of Monégasque life with local specialties to sample or buy such as barbajuans. The open-air market features fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers, and the covered market offers butchery, fishmonger, bakery, etc.
QUESTION 2: What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Monaco?
ANSWER: Ecole Bleue – diving school for children by free diving world’s champion Pierre Frolla. Considered as an international reference in the field of children’s diving, the Ecole Bleue offers a full range of courses and training sessions, dedicated to exploration, respect and protection of the underwater world.
QUESTION 3: Share some aspect of Monaco as regards to what it has contributed to the world.
Crepe Suzette at Le Café de Paris. Fifteen year old Henri Charpentier, an assistant waiter, was called upon to serve crepes (a French invention) for a special dinner party, hosted by the Prince of Monaco. The crepes were precooked in the kitchen with the dish completed by heating them in a sauce made from orange peel, sugar, and a combination of liqueurs in a chaffing dish in front of the guests. Unexpectedly, the alcohol caught fire, thus flambéing the sauce and serendipitously creating a new taste sensation. The guests were delighted. The Prince of Monaco asked Charpentier what he planned to call his new creation. Charpentier offered “Crepes Princesse.” But the Prince, in honor of his guests’ young daughter, asked if he would name them Crepes Suzette, and hence, a classic was born.
