In our last hour in Monaco, Kim M. and I decided to go to the Musee Oceanographique, there behind the octopus sculpture and the tiny, one-person yellow submarine.  14 Euros apiece.

We went in, and there was a dramatic, Jules Verne-like sea creature hanging from the ceiling, which led to a nice museum of creatures in the Mediterranean. 

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I'd heard that this was the base for Jacques Cousteau for much of his research, but I didn't find any reference to him in the museum.  Kim and I were about to exit through the gift shop, which with French insistance on rules would have been an absolute exit, but I looked at the building diagram, and noticed there was another floor, at -2 on the elevator.  And that led to the aquarium itself:
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and finally [ok, I like these pictures.  Yeah, yeah, people in the group.  Soon.]


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