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Month: May 2011

The Jewel in the Formula 1 Crown

Posted on May 29, 2011April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We woke up early this morning to a whiff of excitement in the air – we were anchored off Monte Carlo and today we were going to the Formula 1 Grand Prix! 🙂 All F1 races are full of money, glitz and glamour but the Monaco Grand Prix is known as the ‘jewel in the…

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Plebs in St. Tropez :-)

Posted on May 28, 2011April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

This morning we woke up early to find the Journey at anchor at the millionaires’ playground, St. Tropez, or Saint-Trop as the French nickname it.  As usual, the weather was warm and sunny.  We had not been to St-Trop before so we were looking forward to exploring this gorgeous piece of coastline. Once we’d disembarked the liberty…

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Perfect Portofino

Posted on May 27, 2011April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We woke up early this morning to find ourselves at anchor off the picturesque fishing village of Portofino, Italy.  We had been here once before 10 years ago, on the Marco Polo, so it was nice to be visiting again. After breakfast, we took the liberty boat for the 10 minute ride across.  All the…

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Nice in Nice

Posted on May 26, 2011April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

It’s holiday time again folks – this time a four-day mini-cruise around the French and Italian Riviera, ultimately finishing up at Monaco for the Formula 1 Grand Prix. 🙂 We set off at 4.00am to drive to Newcastle Airport for our flight down to Heathrow, then subsequently to Nice on the Côte d’Azur, the “millionaires’…

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