Principality of Monaco

Even in December the sky is blue, the climate is mild and the flats have balconies for the summertime. At least the better flats.

A good part of the population of 36.000, attracted by the climate and the tax-laws, live in high-rise blocks of flats in La Condamine, the area around the harbour. A high packing density.

It reminded me on battery cages for egg-laying chickens. But that is unfair. The millionairs living in these blocks can drive their Porsches out of the air-conditioned, subterranian car parks - leave Monaco via a motorway and take a walk somewhere on the beaches or up in the mountains.