Day 2570 (Friday) 21st June 2024
This is Villefranche-sur-Mer and this is Nice.
Suzanne and Isla came round for a coffee this morning and Badger and Isla played nicely together. We decided to go for lunch in Les Palmiers and this was Isla licking mayonnaise off Suzanne’s plate when we finished.
After lunch we went to see Suzanne’s new office in Wilson’s carpark. She is starting a tourist office with her friend Karen.
When the cruise ships come in, the passengers have to walk past the office so, fingers crossed they’ll be successful.
This yacht has been in the bay for a few days…
…it’s called ‘Go’ and is not for charter
Special Features:
Elevator for easy access between floors
Impressive 5,500nm range
Multi-award winning
Generous pool
Lloyds Register ✠ 100 A1 SSC Yacht Mono G6 LMC UMS MCA classification
The multi-award winning 76.75m/251'10" motor yacht 'Go' was built by Turquoise Yachts in Turkey at their Tuzla, Istanbul shipyard. Her interior is styled by English designer design house H2 Yacht Design and she was delivered to her owner in June 2018. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of H2 Yacht Design.
Guest Accommodation
Go has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 16 guests in 8 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 19 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.
Onboard Comfort and Entertainment
Her features include steam room, beauty salon, elevator, underwater lights, beach club, gym and air conditioning.
Range and Performance
Go is built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by twin diesel Caterpillar (3516C) 2,575hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 15 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 18 knots with a range of up to 5,500 nautical miles from her 160,000 litre fuel tanks at 12 knots. Go features at-anchor stabilisers providing exceptional comfort levels. Her water tanks store around 82,500 litres of fresh water. She was built to Lloyds Register ✠ 100 A1 SSC Yacht Mono G6 LMC UMS MCA classification society rules, and is MCA Compliant.
OWNER & GUESTS 16
CABINS 8
CREW 19
CABIN CONFIGURATION
1 Master
7 Double
SPECIFICATION
M/Y Go
Today is the Fête de la Musique and later on we will go back to the square to enjoy some live music before going to Le Phare.
Fête de la Musique: What you need to know about France's biggest street music party
People dance in the street on June 21st 2017 in Caen, northwestern France. Photo: AFP
Friday marks the annual Fête de la Musique - here's what you need to know about France's biggest street music party.
1: It really is a huge party
June 21st marks the Fête de la musique, which this year falls on a Friday. It will see music performances cropping up all over the country to be enjoyed for free by the public.
And it really is popular. To get an idea of the scale of the event, government figures say 10 million people have been taking to the streets in recent years, every year there are around 20,000 events around the country - from huge concerts in big cities to street music events in smaller towns and villages.
2: What's on
Most events begin at 2pm and run till around 11pm, although many will go on much later.
There are thousands of free events around the country for the public to get involved in, including choirs, DJ sets, classic music, rock and pop – something to suit all tastes.
In public areas all over the country there will be free music of every kind. Both amateur and professional performers will be on show on the streets, in the pubs, even from their balconies.
In the capital, people usually flock to the city centre to see what the fuss is all about. Hotspots like Rue Oberkampf are normally swarming, but keep an eye out along some of the quieter streets if you're looking for something a bit cosier.
There are so many events planned that you can even select the style of music you like together with the city you're in just to narrow it down.
3: The party is the brainchild of an American
The concept came about back in the 1970s when American Joel Cohen was working as a music producer for French National Radio (France Musique).
He came up with the idea of a day full of music to celebrate the summer solstice on June 21st - the longest day of the year - and the idea caught on.
By 1982 the French government put its weight behind the idea and made it an official event and it's been popular ever since.
4: It's an international event
The rest of the world didn't take long to feel the beat of the festival, and it soon became an international success too. This year, 120 countries are expected to participate.
The festival is known in English as Make Music Day or World Music Day, as the French title is a homophone that can mean either 'music festival’ (fête de la musique) or 'make music' (faites de la musique).
The festival was carried out in 700 cities around the world last year, in countries as far as Russia, Brazil, and Australia.
This was Badger last night settling down after dinner and play time with Huw.
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