Day 356 (Tuesday)
Had a bit of a lie in today as I didn’t have to be at the Marriott until 1pm. I had to wait 20 minutes for the bus again and I didn’t get a seat but I secured a leaning spot, which makes it not quite so uncomfortable. If I ever see the bus empty ever again I will take a photo of the leaning spot so that you can see what I mean. I got there early to have enough time to eat my sandwich in the square and I felt quite sad that the gorgeous bottle brush plants are dying off already, they haven’t lasted very long at all.
There was a beautiful old ship in Cap d’Ail port that I haven’t seen before. I just don’t understand why people buy the new sleek floating hotels when they can have something like this.
Out of my four hours today I sat outside for two of them, which is so much nicer than working indoors.
I hadn’t realised that only half of the building is the Marriott; to the left of the tall palm tree is the Marriott and to the right are private apartments and apparently some of the apartment owners are allowed to use the hotel’s pool.
I only had to wait a few minutes for the bus home today and when it pulled up I saw that is was complet but it had to stop because some people were getting off. Getting wiser about this bus every day, as soon as I saw the complet sign I moved away from my prime boarding stop and tried to get on through the back door. I was a little slow today and the doors started to close in front of me. I saw a woman prising open the middle doors so I did the same and got on! There were no leaning spaces left so I bus-surfed all the way home again but at least it was quick, when the complet sign is up the driver only stops when people need to get off so we only stopped a few times and it was probably the fastest trip to date.
I called into Casino to get a few things and when I came out of the shop there was a little traffic jam. When I stepped onto the zebra crossing this driver was so determined not to stop for me to cross that he stopped on it and I had to walk around the back of the car.
We noticed last summer that more drivers stop at zebra crossings than they used to and then when the season is over they don’t tend to stop again. So today’s experience seems to suggest that it isn’t really summer yet when they will be nicer to tourists.
This morning Huw spotted a huge yacht on the horizon and with his new magic app he looked it and this is what he found. The yacht is worth $100 million and is called Atlantis II
It is 115.76m
It was built in 1981
TOP speed 14kts
CRUISE SPEED 12kts
BEAM 14.45m
GUESTS 26
GUEST CABIN 13
CREW 17
ATLANTIS II is a 115.76m luxury yacht, built in Greece by Hellenic and delivered in 1981. Her top speed is 14.0kn and her power comes from two 4800.0hp SEMT-PIELSTICK diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 26 people with 17 crewmembers.
She was designed by Prof. Cäsar Pinnau with Maierform developing the naval architecture, and the interior design was created by Michael Sumner.
She was designed by Prof. Cäsar Pinnau with Maierform developing the naval architecture, and the interior design was created by Michael Sumner.
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