Well, well, well. Hello Blogspot it as indeed been a while.I do have all of my excuses and explanations for not updating you for so long readily prepared, so here goes.......
i couldn't be bothered! no no no- just kidding.
Last time you all heard from me I was in Siracusa, Sicily on Speedo watch, ow the good days, then my first Mediterranean season began.
We started by heading north to the South of France. The sea was rough on this crossing and many of the crew suffered because of this. My cabin on the boat is the most forward and by far the worst place to be in such conditions. All of the girls headed aft to the guest saloon and set up camp there for a few days.There was many a chick flick and a lot of tears shed.
Whilst on the subject of chick flicks, I recommend all women to watch "The Notebook"- great movie.
Places we visited in the South of France included Cannes and St Tropez, the super yacht hot spots of the Med. We had the guest on for 3 months and visited many places in the Med. When we have guest on the crew are limited to a few hours an evening to check out each of the places, so we don't really get to explore too much. When we do its usually straight off to the nearest bar.
We did go to Ibiza for a few days and I got some time off to spend with my Dad and brother. One of the other places we went I would like to mention is Corsica, purely because I loved it! Most of the island of Corsica is a national park so it is breathtakingly beautiful. The people are French speaking but are nothing like their mainland relatives. The people of Corsica are lovely and their island is probably one of the most stunning in the med. There are beautiful beaches and many sail boats to occupy you in the summer and in the winter you can head to higher land and enjoy one of the ski resorts.
For the few days we didn't have guest on we spent the time in Palma, majorca and yes I am sad to say we partied it up in "maga- ruff" for a night. Proper Brits abroad sites to be seen.
We left Palma on the 1st of September and did a 4 day crossing heading East towards Venice. All of this, like most of our crossings that are more than a day, was without guest.
Venice was something that I am glad that I have now seen. One of those been there, done that things. You know when you go there that there are no cars but you don't really think into it, it does take you back when you see the locals pulling up to their houses in a row boat and unloading all of their shopping bags etc. Imagine going for a big night out then having to row home, NOT FUN! After going to Venice I actually watched my first Bond movie, Casino Royal, of which the ending is set in the stunning San Marco Square.
Then we spent a month in Croacia, without a doubt my most favourite place of the trip. Altogether we probably had about 2 weeks in Croacia without guest on, meaning we had a chance to explore and explore we did. Me and my room mate Hannah ( The Ugly Kid as she is known by my mum. If she was an ugly kid then she had the ugly duckling syndrome because she is gorgeous.) hired a car for 2 days and drove the full length between Porec and Pula, stopping at all the major attractions along the way. We spent the night at a 17 dollor a night hostel, met some great peops there- hello you Irish bums! and became acquainted with the most funniest card drinking game ever. After our time off the owner of the boat arrived and for 2 weeks we toured them around the Croaction Arcagpelo.
Now crew and yacht are heading to Tunisia to refuel then to Palma where we will be based until December. I'll be visiting London this weekend then i will be in Bolton for the 1st 10 days of November.
I'll add some pictures of the boat soon. xxxxxxx
