[Baz]

Just arrived home from the Monaco Grand Prix. On the way over, spent 3 days at Raffles Hotel in Dubai and caught up for a few beers with 'Krait', an Aussie member of this forum now living and employed in Dubai. The flew to Nice where we had a helicopter transfer to Monaco. Stayed 4 nights at the Fairmont Hotel overlooking the hairpin. Awesome. The had a cruise on the Azamara Quest along the French Riviera. Won the lottery there. Upgraded from a V2 balcony stateroom to the Owner's Suite with butler and open bar.

Monaco was really expensive. Try 45 euro for a hamburger at the Fairmont. That;'s $A66 and was the cheapest meal on the menu in Saphir 24 Restaurant.

The cars were unreal. Forget the F1 race cars. Just driving around the streets were Bugatti Veyrons, F70 Ferrari's, 6x6 AMG Mercedes SUV's, Maseratis, Astons and Rollers. Two cars that really blew me apart were a 1935 Auburn Boattail 815 Speedster and the best of all was a 1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Transformable which was parked outside the Monte Carlo Casino. Strange thing is, I didn't see one Cobra.

I will post some pics later if anyone is interested.


Baz