My Reality

San Fruttuoso

Its been a really good week so far, lots of chilled vibes everywhere, which means that I….drum roll please....DAYDREAM! I was reminiscing about last Sunday when Ruben, Danny, Tom and myself took a trip to Porto Fino where the rich and famous fraternize. It was really beautiful and we stopped off in a place called San Fruttuoso, which is basically one building and one tower and somewhere not too far off its shore, about 100m under water, is a statue that fell off a cliff and landed in the precise spot where at a certain time of the day, a beam of sunshine shines directly onto it, making it look ever so angelic. We never saw it if course because, despite it being the end of May, the weather is still crap and the water is poes cold. There is a bar where you can enjoy delicious aperitivo’s and feed the fish, as well as plenty of awesome restaurants. There is also an amazing gelato shop where you can pick up a giant size one (I personally recommend chocolate…everytime), and proceed to follow the path up the hill to the castle on top. What a place though, I recommend it to anyone who is in the vicinity. You just take the ferry from Genova Port  and an hour or so later, BOOM, you’re in paradise.  

Portofino

On a different note, whilst hoovering (the boredom rearing its head again), I modified Carly Rae Jepson’s song “Call Me Maybe”. For those of you who don’t know it is yet ANOTHER cheesy Rebecca Blackesque type song. It is awfully catchy though:

Another teenage girl,

Who thinks that she can sing well,

You ask her, she’ll never tell,

And now she’s on T.V.

She thinks that she’s all that

She’s got no body fat

Does she know now she’s trapped,

Because she’s on T.V.

Her clothes are skimpy,

Perfect skin, figure’s skinny,

No brains but she’s pretty,

Do you think I’m jealous? Maybe!

Chorus

Hey, no-one knew you,

And this is crazy,

One stupid song,

Can make you famous.

It isn’t clever,

Or even witty,

But it sells records,

And that’s a pity.

Repeat…over and over. Word.

Profound

Life changes so fast its scary. I sometimes still have to spin my totem to make sure this is my life and not actually just a dream. Watched the Grand Prix on telly and reminisced about when I was there, right on the track, where I could smell the rubber burning and touch Jenson Button's ass at the press conference....*sigh*. Princess Charlene had such a forced smile and was probably contemplating her next escape plan (yes I know its suppose to be about the cars but being a girl I notice these things!) Must say that I am slightly disappointed with the winner, would have been happier with Vettel or Hamilton - only because they're cute of course.

Basilica SS. Annunziata del Vastato

I have been employed for over a month now and it gets more and more interesting everyday. Went for a walk around Genova (my new home town for the next 5 or so months), with James Musk – possibly the most curiously interesting people I have met in my life – one of those dumb/smart people with too much logic and general knowledge. I really would like to live inside his brain for one day. We were standing in the Basilica SS. Annunziata del Vastato, one of the most breathtakingly beautiful churches in Genova, lighting a candle. There was some silent contemplation going on as we stood in awe of the history and beauty seeping out of the walls and then I James says: "C25H25" and I was like ""huh?" and again he says "C25H25, the chemical make-up of candle wax." It was quite a profound moment.

Statue at the palace

The Palace

James at the scooter convention

We explored some more of Genova, got kicked out of a palace, I got lost down  “whore” (via Magdalina) street after James left and it gave me slight heart palpitations and not in a good way. Genova has this weird thing where its extremely ugly but incredibly beautiful at the same time. The cathedrals, piazza’s, parks and monuments are all amazing but the immigrants and streets all look like they need a good scrubbing. We had a meal that was overpriced and under cooked and an ice-cream from Grom that made up for it. Im still not sure about Genova or the boat and its people but I guess time will tell all its secrets. Peace.

The Beginning of the Middle

So after only one week back in France, I landed a job, and as a second/service stew, hooray!! Lisa, Dave, Tom, Danny, Ruben, Al, Macho , Maritza, Boris and Darin make up the crew. They are going to be like my family for the next 6 months and I cant wait to get started! The boat is based in Genova so we'll be spending our time there until we get charters or the boss comes on board.

Met up with the boat/my new home, in Monaco where we went out bowling and who should be in the alley next to us, well none other that Prince Albert himself. So casual. This is what makes me love this industry, despite my sometimes OCD planning, you never know what is going to happen or who you are going to meet along the way. I am taking this as a sign that it is going to be a good season. Hold thumbs!