Big Blue

Going to Corsica tomorrow. Looking forward to it but for the time being, the things I need to do today are deflecting from the pleasant anticipation, which is probably a good thing as otherwise everything would not get done. That doesn’t explain why I am writing this rather than getting on with my list.

Also going to Nice which is somewhere I would like to live, I can already feel the warmth on my back and see the brightness of the light. I can hear the traffic banging along the Promenade des Anglais but that doesn’t bother me, I like the fact that Nice is a city as well as somewhere with a beach. You can lie on your towel or drive in the mountains. You are a few minutes from Monaco, Italy, beautiful countryside and the airport is five minutes from the town centre. You can be in your flip flops in the day and Patrick Coxes in the evening, swimming in the blue water by the Paloma Beach restaurant or pretending to be wealthy in Casino Square. I once rented a scooter, put on a jacket and tie and went to Monaco for the evening. I gave myself a budget of 500F (£50) and proceeded to lose almost all of it on the Roulette wheel before a couple of big wins meant that I was up in quite a big way. I boarded my scooter at 4am for the noisy ride back through the empty streets to Nice; feeling good despite my empty pockets.