Monday, May 31, 2010

Monaco!!! WOW!!!

After walking Antibes day after day, and not finding any work, some friends and I decided to take a trip up to Monaco. Never thought the day would come when I woke up and thought... Well I feel like going to Monaco today!

So early morning we headed off to Monaco. Along the way we saw a beautiful beach at VilleFrance. My one friend and I decided to try look there for work, since it looked pretty quiet, and then meet up with everyone else later at Monaco. Once we got down to the dock... we soon realised there were no actual super yachts there... and the next train to Monaco was in a few hours... So we thought we'd be clever and run to Beaulieu to check out their harbour. Well after an hour of running and taking several wrong turns, we finally made it to Beaulieu. There were at least super yachts here! Another South African girl I had met the day before was also here looking for work, so we ended up all walking together. After 2 hours and no luck whatsoever, we finally made our way to Monaco.

I could not believe beautiful Monaco was!! There were superyachts everywhere you looked!! And they were still tearing down everything they'd set up for the Monaco grand prix! We made our way around all the super yachts, stopping and asking if any of them needed day work or permanent crew. Of the many hundred we asked, one or two seemed semi interested in our CV's! Finally!!! To this day I still have not heard from them though... but that's not the point! While in Monaco I spoke to the Captain of the biggest luxury sailing yacht in the world! The yacht was beautiful!! The Maltese Falcon, the captain reconned, could reach a top speed of 25 knots under sail! The biggest sailing cruise liner in the world was also there, and yes they do make sailing cruise liner ships, and yes... they look exactly the same as normal cruise liners... just with huge masts!! It was quite a sight! After several hours of walking the docks, we decided to explore a bit. We headed off to the Monaco Casino, where I gambled and lost a whole.... 5 euros!! Before heading home, we chilled for a bit on the mountain side watching the sea. Definitely going back to Monaco soon... the place is exquisite!!!

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