After my last visit to Monaco I proudly promised my next visit would be on the back of a Super Yacht. As a still practising and wholly impractical magician my spells clearly still need some work. On Sunday after an incredibly large drinking session worthy of a close friends wedding I suddenly found out I […]
Cameras Ready Prepare. DaFlash. It was with expectant hearts and excited eye balls we ventured by train to sample the Cannes film festival on Saturday the 16th of May. The train ride was full of similarly minded people and it was slightly odd to feel part of an Australian invasion of Cannes as we jumped […]
If you spent enough time in France you could probably be forgiven for thinking the French invented sex. Sex certainly seems to be everywhere in the most uncommon of places. Prepared to be titillated by some common place advertisements that are in our neighbourhood. Who plays strip poker? Who has strip poker tournaments? Who has […]
When you have spent most of your life in a place as isolated as New Zealand it is easy to forget how incredibly simple it is to get from country to country in mainland Europe. Up until today our only travels had been across France and the principality of Monte Carlo. Therefore it was with […]
The Cannes film festival starts tommorow. It was interesting walking around this morning. The yachts look radically different with sleeves attached so stars can enter hidden from prying eyes. There was a man lying on the road talking on a cell phone. I could have seen a Hollywood director going for a morning run who […]
Last year I wrote from the bowels of unemployment summing up a typical day. This purging let out some of angst I had been feeling at my lot in life. It seems fitting after a suitably momentous day that I return to this form of writing. 12:30 am Rude awakening by some drunk Australians who […]
It seems fitting that the inspiration for this entry came from a physical mishap. I was thinking about asking the gods of the internet for a sign or omen. My socks had become wet from a leaking water bottle. I leapt off the bed to invade the lounge and was assaulted violently by a wardrobe […]
Today we took a day trip to Vence. Vence is an old town about 30 minutes drive in from the Riviera and is both steeped in history and hills. The drive to Vence got off to a slow start. My formidable French driving skills have diminished from my short time at sea. My only explanation […]
I think I can safely say that Summer has arrived on the Riviera. We have had four very sunny days and the local wind Les Mistral has dropped away to a manageable breeze. More people are turning up to sample the beaches. The distinctly European way of sun bathing is becoming familiar. After a few […]
One of the first things I did today was sign a non disclosure agreement. This is standard procedure for a Yacht like Octopus which contains many secrets. So I can’t actually talk about anything that went down on board….. But this is how my day started. Walking towards the beast. And what a handsome beast […]