Magical MENTON! Market, Old Town + History Explored In Glorious Sunshine. 🚙🇫🇷

Magical MENTON! Market, Old Town And Cemetery Explored In Glorious Sunshine.
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[@caroledrury1411]

Wow spectacular afternoon light on the cemetery!

[@MeandMonAmi]

It really is!

[@rebekahlow8375]

So happy you are both taking us on the French Riviera Challenge!!! This is one for the history books!! I can't believe sticking your finger in a charger actually works.What a hoot! Wonderful tour of Menton!! Thanks for walking up all those steps for us! Happy New Year from Vermont

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Rebekah! Finger and tape!

[@mikecane]

"Put your finger in the hole." "Oh behave," as Austin Powers said. Another great video. So many different shapes and colors. Thanks.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Mike

[@tracyhulme8018]

Just been sent a link to this video - I love it! I lived 17 years in Menton and know every single building and street so well. It really is such a gorgeous place - you really do it justice!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Tracy. So glad you enjoyed. Please spread the word!

[@PaulDonnelly58]

I had a ball watching this vlog, you've both got a great natural and inclusive style that works so well. I stumbled across your channel as I love the Citroen Ami and your vlogs show just how capable that little quadracycle is. Citroen should pay you to do some advertising for them. I love the mix of shots of Elton, stunning views, your banter together and the interesting facts that punctuate each journey. Please keep it up!!😉

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Paul. So glad you are enjoying

[@carolinedurocher8377]

😂😂😂💛🧡 the finger of Mister Boo!

[@MeandMonAmi]

I’m saying nothing!;

[@ianward9157]

Hi, Thanks for finding Aubrey Beardsley's grave. When we went there we couldn't find it. But as always a pleasure to visit Monton. XXX

[@MeandMonAmi]

Our pleasure! Though it was a close run thing with light/batteries/ and the yard about to close!

[@Caoucaren]

To die for, literally, those views

[@MeandMonAmi]

Yup and they did!

[@MeandMonAmi]

I nearly made that the title!

[@diaphanouswonders]

Simply love your adventures and historical breaks. I'm also in love with the Ami!!! Anticipation for mine is close!!!! Cheers from Palm Beach. 🌴

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks. I want to see it in Palm Beach!

[@mikecane]

How can you get one in Palm Beach? You mean, Florida, USA? I had no idea they were sold here.

[@parkview113]

Super ! Favourite holiday destination … it was here we were based doing a walking tour over a week with Headwater and Exodus - ( on both programmes ). Back in ‘17 - stayed at Balmoral Hotel - highly recommended - on Seafront. Nice unpretentious hotel - holiday worth every penny ! Damn Brexit for making it so hard for Brits to have easy and lengthy access to France ! Thanks Tim and Mr Boo Bill in Sussex waiting for his own Ami - deposit paid …

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Bill. Yes you’d have to be delusional to think Brexit improved all this stuff. Look forward to seeing your Ami Is Sussex!

[@prieten49]

I seem to be watching your videos in reverse order. They are all lots of fun. The Riviera is so beautiful.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks you’ll end up with the one where me and Mr Boo are in nappies. Don’t go there!

[@fionataylor27]

Excellent! Can't get back, but you live it all for me....really must visit all the graveyards, always the best views

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks. I resist saying you must ‘undertake’ the visits.

[@antoniopalmero4063]

Well done .👍🇬🇧

[@paolazuffinetti]

Lovely, as usual. THANKS!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks again!

[@e-trippingwithadamgebbett8024]

Better than TV travel shows. More please 🙏

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Adam

[@simonclews]

Best one yet, Tim. A much overused term, but watching this was surrealistic. What with Richard and the E-1027 European Health Card, not to mention Aubrey Beardsley and William Webb Ellis, the two opposite sides of your psycho. Or Richard's fabulous coat. The footage of you driving the Promenade de Soleil brought back memories of a memorable lunch or two sur le Promenade in Menton. Oh, by the way, count me in for an order of your Villefranche salt.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Simon. It was quite a surreal day all told. I’m building up salt orders!

[@parkview113]

Also love Como and village of Brunate above town - worthy of trip if you can make it…

[@brucemuir1050]

Indochina = Vietnam. The colonial French name was Indochine. “Donald Trump’s bleach” was a reference to an IV infusion of hydrogen peroxide solution. This degrades into oxygen and a free oxygen radical. The resultant free radical storm will kill all vulnerable cells that are encountered. Like virus infected cells. The treatment is quite effective in treating viral infections though no longer popular. Loving the tour of the Riviera. Keep up the good work 😊

[@tubularap]

26:14 - "Whose idea was this?" - And then we get a summary of Tim's entrepreneurial ideas and adventures, while Mr Boo makes some well placed faces. I only found your channel recently, and this little bit gave me a good backstory of you two. Wonderful. And this sad-upbeat quote from Tim after he suggested they could put up the 12 year old bike-saddle covers from Egypt for sale: "Maybe people will buy it out of sympathy." :-) :-)

[@MeandMonAmi]

I’d forgotten I said all that. Hey ho!!

[@conorgraafpietermaritzburg3720]

Those VSP cars are a good idea 💡

[@MeandMonAmi]

They are!

[@peterpopperry4408]

absolutely love your choice of music , who is the music lover .

[@MeandMonAmi]

We both have a go!

[@davidhall7744]

We always spend a day in Menton when we stay in Villefranche 😎 They made such a good job of redeveloping the beach area, those pergolas that dispense the cooling mist are a welcome retreat on a blazing hot day 😎

[@barryprobst3689]

This was a fantastic tour of Menton. We have been there many times and our Friend Richard has rented us apartments in La Darse in previous years. We wondered what happened to him, we didn't know that he became a Movie star. We will be back to Villefranche hopefully in the Spring and will be looking for an apartment again in Les Galets. Hope to see you there Richard.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Movie star is a strong term!;

[@joseslatter9276]

Great music. Good talking too! Salt of the earth!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks very much!

[@falcaonet]

I also started loonking for Citroen Ami videos and stumbled apon your channel and its wonderful that you take us along with you on the french Riviera. Is it affordable to live there, how do you manage, maybe you can tell us on your next video. Im really inclined to go there, but i think it might be too expensive to live.

[@MeandMonAmi]

I will get round to making that video.

[@andyshacks7812]

What a beautiful place - please can I live there 🙏. That view from the cemetery is just amazing. Also I loved the market. We love noseying round markets! I really enjoyed the video. Thanks guys !

[@MeandMonAmi]

The view in that light was genuinely next level. I’ve never met a market I could resist going in!

[@phillipjones7564]

Hi I just been told I have a double in the South of France and it’s you! …..so I found your video…. Coincidentally Beardsley was my first great love at Hornsey Art school in London, where I’m from! but now live in California. Great video and another love Eileen Gray was covered by you! Marvelous! Stephen

[@MeandMonAmi]

How funny. Can you see the likeness?! Glad you are enjoying

[@paulmurray280]

Really enjoyed it nice music and great narration and filming from both of you. Looking forward to the next installment

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Paul.

[@comealongcomealong4480]

Watching Tim, Mr Boo and their grand Ami at Menton, Oct 2022. Such pleasure to see the Med, the streetscapes, and the singular cemetiere at altitude through your eyes. This is the first official driving video I've watched. At first I was perplexed by your confidence in traffic situations and your quick reactions. Then I remembered ... of course ... you're both cyclists! So road awareness is pre-loaded into your brains. Also, steering, cornering and braking. Well done on adding the extra two wheels to your repertoire 👏 🚲 🚲

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Kath. So glad you are enjoying

[@ewanstevenson]

The only tools you need are gaffer tape to make things stop, WD40 to make things go and a big hammer as a backup for either of them! Also, who was the poor bugger that had to climb the steps twice to set up the camera? 😂

[@MeandMonAmi]

Me! And yes a hammer and WD 40 take you a long way!

[@Didi-ir1gr]

Lovely

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Didi

[@hilarywhite0]

You put a lot of effort into your filming and it shows! Excellent!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thank you very much!

[@R08Tam]

Loved it

[@franbacon4293]

Wonderful. Many happy memories of that market . Thanks 🙏🏻

[@MeandMonAmi]

It’s a lovely market

[@peterbunker7165]

I'm loving your videos. Very nicely done.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Peter

[@janellfrey8195]

Bravo Boo and Tim💖. Can’t wait for your next adventure. Happy New Year from Washington State 🗻🌲🌦

[@MeandMonAmi]

HNY to you too!

[@DavidPlayfair]

All those streets you drive along and No Litter! :)

[@MeandMonAmi]

They clean em up when they know we are coming!;

[@DavidPlayfair]

@@MeandMonAmi You'll have to pay the UK a visit then! ;)

[@peterww3106]

Loved the tour of Menton and especially the market. My parents used to visit it often, on a coach all the way from Cardiff! They loved the seafront as Mam was in a wheelchair latterly so loved the flatness of the promenade. But probably not as much as my Dad who had to push!🤪

[@MeandMonAmi]

That’s a long coach ride. How long did it take?

[@peterww3106]

@@MeandMonAmi I think it was overnight with two drivers. Something like 18 hours with stops. Not something I’d want to do but it was easier than flying, getting to airports and transfers etc and above all cheaper!🤪. Think it was Shearings Coaches that did it although it was probably 20 years ago. My parents did it quite a few times. They obviously loved it at Menton.

[@williambuklad9622]

who is the chick singing so blissfully...tune got in my head, dang... thanks.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Hanna Stone

[@williambuklad9622]

@@MeandMonAmi Thank You VM!

[@ianward9157]

The bus from Menton to Nice is one of my favourites and it of course passes through Monaco. The fare is 1.50 euros - great value. Have you visited Jardin Exotique in Monaco - wonderful cacti and succulents and truly amazing views over Monaco. Our favourite restaurant in Nice is L'Acchiardo in rue Droite - very friendly. See you there sometime - when the French government lets us visit again.

[@MeandMonAmi]

We love Acchiardo but sadly Mr Acchiardo died last week. The Monaco garden is closed for a refurb at the minute. Hope to see you here soon!

[@betacam235]

This seems to have become my favourite channel. Great chemistry direct, unpretentious presentation, excellent editing, and bubbling with good humour. Surely the Ami top speed is 28mph, not kph though? I reckon Beardsley chose his permanent spot very well, the surroundings really are spectacular. You've got me interested in doing something vaguely similar in a 1959 Berkeley three-wheeler, it's already taken me two years to get it registered here in France....so rather hard to guess when that'll happen!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks so much, really glad you are enjoying. Yes 45kph! It’s an amazing cemetery. Dare one say, wasted on the dead.

[@blackmore_s]

Found your videos via looking for info about the Citroen Ami. The production value is quite high with establishing shots, B roll etc, and of course the area looks fabulous on "film". Great going. Was wondering who is the music by on the video? Normally KZbin lists music rights on videos.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Simon. All music from epidemic music

[@lindawegner7074]

Love your adventure and tour! Been to Menton many times, but would not have the courage to drive up that hill to the cemetery..... very brave! And yes, I would buy your salt from Villefranche.... ;)

[@MeandMonAmi]

I’ll open the factory immediately!; Glad you are enjoying the adventures!

[@carolwright3526]

Fabulous! 😊xx

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Carol

[@carolc8250]

Thank you so much for another wonderful video! Have you thought about going up to Sainte-Agnes? it's right above Menton, but you can't see it from Menton. The Maginot Line is there. Also, there are ruins of an old castle, and a wonderful place to have lunch: Le St. Yves. Just a thought, but a wonderful little gem of a place. Ton Ami might like the challenge. :-) Always enjoy watching you guys.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Carol. We have and we might! It is fab there and thanks for tip!

[@dpnice7721]

Are you visiting the gardens? It's a long time since I have seen the three major ones. They are well worth a visit.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Not on this phase DP but maybe later. I love them.

[@MaltAndPepper]

You may very well already know this, but there is an excellent walking trip from the edge of Menton (Carnolès) around Roquebrune into Monaco (sentier du littoral). Take your speedo's and go for a dip, there's several beaches with showers along the way. It's about 8 km and you can take the train back to Carnolès station. Highly recommended.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks. I think it’s in one of our videos. Possibly the Eileen Gray one but I might be wrong

[@MaltAndPepper]

@@MeandMonAmi yeah, I'd already found out 😬. Nice video too, I knew about le Corbusier but not about Gray. It's been decades since I was there.

[@IW4DBX]

Battery break in for first cycles will give you the expected performance. I came back home with no left energy for 2 days and now I have 70 or little more mileage (in km)

[@StevieTyrrell]

Loving the content and music, you two are such naturals. Can you add links to the music to save me having to Shazam it :) What is/was your main jobs?

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Steve. Pandemonium by the Mondays in the song everyone seems to love! I’m a writer and occasional performer (!)

[@killineybrian]

The "Died at Menton" would be a literal translation of the way it's said in French - "Brian est mort à Menton" - "Brian died at Menton".

[@MeandMonAmi]

How interesting. I can’t recall the tombs of French people saying the same though but I shall investigate.

[@geralynp1]

Perfect timing! I'm headed to the Lemon festival this year. Did you list the soundtrack? I love this music!!!!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Ha! What’s the theme this year? I will add the music to the description.

[@ritchie2411]

We booked Beaulieu mid June. We are taking you guys to lunch .

[@MeandMonAmi]

See you then!

[@gilliancrawford6129]

Ha Ha. Your reaction on arriving at the Cemetery after your drive up, reminded me so much of my reaction when I drove up to Gourdon, from Grasse in 2019. We were supposed to stay for lunch, but I was so shaken up by the drive I turned to my partner and exclaimed "we have to drive back down immediately, or I will never have the nerve to get us off this F'ing Mountain". Had a lovely lunch back down in Grasse instead. PS are you taking the AMI up to the Gorges du Verdon? I find that equally nail biting. LOL.

[@MeandMonAmi]

I feel your pain. We had to drive back down in the gloom. And then through Monaco at rush hour! We’d like to do Verdun. We’ve been to the Gorge Du Blavet..

[@gilliancrawford6129]

@@MeandMonAmi never been game to drive through Monaco. Cannes in the height of summer was enough pour Moi. Looking forward to more of your adventures....giving me ideas for this June, when we will hopefully allowed out of Prison Australia , and back over

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

I haven't noticed recently, but I think the filler music is too loud in this episode. I adjust the volume to listen to what you say, then you wake up my neighborhood with the filler music. 😀👍

[@mettefrimand2825]

Just love your tour to menton beautiful looking forward to your next tour so nice mr. Boo are joining you Also love the music in the videos Can you tell me the name of the female song it’s good 🌞❤️

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Mette. It’s a song called Pandemonium by the Mondays

[@paulfinnan3456]

Hi guys, not long come accross your channel and I'm watching one after the other - fabulous. But, who is the music by and the name of the song, it's great, really gets in the head

[@MeandMonAmi]

I’m guessing it’s Pandemonium by Hanna Stone?

[@damianbond679]

I’m new to your channel and absolutely love what your doing. I’m looking at getting an Ami when they come out in the uk. How do you charge it? Is the cable wired in to the car? Thanks

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Damian. Yup, imagine the cable from your Henry hoover. Same thing.

[@RUMNIAH]

You guys are legends -what’s the tune that is full o melodically piano surpises “ When you toured the Orient hotel cheers from Australia

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Paul. Gosh that’s a question as it was a long time ago. Shazam will know

[@bmp72]

A Lemon ? Citroen was founded in The Netherlands by a Dutch called Mr Citroen. Because of restrictions he moved to France and added the dots on the e in his name to sound more French. Citroen is the Dutch word for lemon... so yes all Citroens are lemons 😳

[@MeandMonAmi]

Ha! Didn’t know that.

[@barbaranelson9175]

Hi Tim & Mr Boo, I've always wondered what happens to all the oranges & lemons used for the sculptures, are they thrown away?

[@MeandMonAmi]

Now that I don’t know but I suspect yes as the festival is I think a way of using the surplus.

[@steve.w.bradshaw]

@@MeandMonAmi All the fruits are sold off on the last day and all us locals make jam and marmalade out of it. Even the plants are sold off, nothing is wasted. Thanks for showing the town is such a good light.

[@steve.w.bradshaw]

All the fruits are sold off on the last day and all us locals make jam and marmalade out of it. Even the plants are sold off, nothing is wasted

[@blownb310]

What is the name of the "beautiful" song that the woman sings in your videos? I love it, and your videos!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks. It’s ‘Pandemonium’ by Mondays

[@Thenewsystemis]

Is Mr Boo going to be driving any of the challenges?

[@MeandMonAmi]

Good question. He was driving as much as me but I think I’ve been hogging Elton!

[@ianward9157]

I mean Menton.

[@mattcaulton3827]

Was rhe car struggling to hit 28mph up any of the hills??

[@MeandMonAmi]

Yeah (did you see the eze village video we did?). On the steepest hills could be as low as 18kmh but on most hills and in tight spaces I’d say it’s fine

[@mattcaulton3827]

@@MeandMonAmi I did yes what was the hill gradient on there where I live the max graident is about 11% not too steep. Like the videos by the way

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

The way you say Citroën in English, is kind of a false friend of Norwegian "sitron" (=lemon). Made the thumbnail more interesting... Apparently most languages have a word related to either 'lemon", or "sitron". Would be interesting to know more about linguistic history for each. (But I guess that's a subject for å different channel).

[@MeandMonAmi]

Yes I guess the proper pronunciation is Cit Ro En

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

@@MeandMonAmi but generally not in English. In Norwegian, for some reason, it is more common to say something closer to "Cit Ro Eng", (I have no idea where the "g" came from.)