It’s actually quite peaceful, the 55-year-old actress toldTravel + Leisureexclusively at this year’s theMonte-Carlo Television Festival.
It’s the opposite of what everyone thinks it is, for me at least.
It’s a place it’s possible for you to come and really just be quiet.
Kelly Rutherford attends the “Escort Boys” Photocall and the Closing Ceremony at the 63rd Monte-Carlo Television Festival.Credit:From left: Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images; Stephane Cardinale/Getty Images
In the wintertime, its very quiet, very private, and very peaceful, she said.
Its like the Hamptons in the summer versus the Hamptons in the winter.
And regardless of the glamorous stereotype of Monte-Carlo, her perfect days are quite simple.
Blake Lively and Kelly Rutherford on the set of ‘Gossip Girl’ in March of 2012.
I just walk the dogs, hang out with the kids, and run errands, she said.
If there’s a gallery opening or something like that, Ill go just to see.
But it’s mostly just quiet time here for me.
Another favorite isCova, an Italian pasticceria with roots dating back to 1817.
With Kelly Rutherford
Window or aisle seat?Window.
Place to take an elevator selfie?My building.
My daughter showed me how to hold the camera because I was holding it strangely!
Her travels could be interesting.
Routine on a plane ride?I turn on airplane mode.
I usually travel pretty light these days.
MyLapima sunglasses, and fun clothes for wherever I’m going.
I travel as simply as I can because I travel so much.
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Of course she sees the magic about the destination too.
Grace Kelly really created this beautiful feeling here, she explained.
She invited all the Hollywood people to Monaco early on and made it very glamorous.
But during her time there, shes also seen a shift.
Theres the feeling like its having another new energy.
It’s worth seeing the view from The Rock its really beautiful!
Another benefit of being in the small French Riviera nation is its strategic location.
It’s just such a good center to be in and go everywhere, she said.
Other highlights she calls out:Saint-Paul de Vence, Cannes, and Antibes, plusChateau La Coste.
We were filming in Arles and it was really magical, she said of the Ruben Alves-directed project.
It’s like the dream to work in France, like we rode horses and on the Camargue.
My son came with me and it was just lovely.
We judge less and we’re more aware and respectful when we travel.
I’m just trying to keep up with them, she admitted.
They’re both so incredibly savvy and smart and I’m very thankful.
They have a much more global mentality too for young people.
I’m learning so much from them all the time.
I hope they’re learning something from me I don’t know what!
In fact, she is learning from the European mindset too.
That doesnt mean she doesnt love the hustle and bustle of urban cities as well.
There’s a momentum and you feel it, she said.
You go to New York, and there’s so much incredible energy and people helping each other.
Its the slowing down aspect, when you just have time to look in the windows.
Just taking it in and discovering its the discovery thats so beautiful.
