Mario assembled a team of ice carvers to sculpt for the Royal Wedding

of Prince Albert II & Princess Charlene Wittstock-

Mario Amegee

Junichi Nakamura

Shinichi Nakamura

Vitaly Lednev

Aaron Costic

Our first Glimpse of Monaco from the "Rock of Monaco"

We stayed in a Villa with a view of France & Italy

The view from the villas outdoor dining room

The team is assembled

Late night logistics meeting

Beach in Nice, France

We used Junichi's duty free cig boxes to make models of the palace wall

Giraffe head

The Eagles had a free concert for 100,000

Leopard in the freezer

Giraffe 8 blocks, in the freezer

Vitaly after a full day of work

One of the Palace walls at night

24 Searchlights choreographed to music

Inside the Monte Carlo

AC on every plate,  they really didn't have to go to all that trouble for me :)

An alley in southern France

T shaped head table

Building the 30 block Palace wall

A crane was used to lift all of the ice from a road 30' below us

No less than 30 chefs in the kitchen

No trouble moving 8 block sculptures

or a 20 block elephant!

Giant bouquets lined the entrance

10' tall giraffe

4' tall gazelle

Cleaned up after set-up

Leopard 8 blocks

Note the sea in the background

Shinichi with his lion

Junichi with his leopard

Aaron with his Giraffe

Guards lining the entrance

Mario & Vitaly with their elephants

Oceans 6 ?

Monte Carlo

The day after the set-up, Sarah & I relaxed at the beach all day

Chef Alain Ducasse

Prince Albert & Princess Charlene