Seeing as I went to Monaco, Cannes, St. Tropez and Paris, I figured you might like to see some of the nice cars that I saw along the way =) Enjoyyy!
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Pretty good pics Cheeky.

I'm sure that you enjoyed your holidays :)

Dam, that's a lot of great pics!

Too bad there's a lack of pics of the track... I wanted to see more of the track. But thanks for uploading the pics!.....

Thats some nice pictures!!! I assume you will be having that holiday again(well i would!!)

Thanks for sharing

That 360 pay and drive is absolutely "dirt" cheap for a Ferrari! Did you go on it it or was that your father?

You took some magnificent pics of the country I badly want to live in/visit. It seems as if there is a yacht for everyone and the cars are just spectacular. The architecture and landscape is almost second to none and it just very beautiful. It is fun to see that even in a country so rich, a Lamborghini can stop people and leave them awestruck.

Thanks for sharing.

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arrrrg, the rock haunts me again. see the green inflatable thing on the left hand side.

it's called the rock, and we had one of those at the pool I lifeguarded at, and it was a freaking nightmare. the kids always want to play king of the hill and what not on it, or dive under it, or do flips and stuff down the slide, and it'd be a helluvalot of fun if I could let them, but I couldn't, rules were one kid per climbing side at a time, and one kid down the slide at a time, and on your ass facing forward. totally alienated what could have been awesome into no fun at all due to having to listen to my boss. I understand the safety issues, but for christs sake's, should we sacrifice all our fun for the sake of safety?

it's like ol' ben franklin said, The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.

just substitute fun for freedom, and safety for security. same deal

ANYWAYS, cheeky, looks like you had a whole lot of fun, there's some nice cars there. I'm truly jealous.

good thing I get to see the world in the navy, otherwise I'd have to steal your photos and pretend I've been to all these places to all my myspace freinds I've never met.

j/k, all my friends on myspace I have met. the issue is remembering the meeting, ;)

Wow nice pics cheeky

Did you jump off the high dive and where is this picture taken?:D
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Wow, great pics. For some reason, those giant diving boards always freak me out. I have never even gone into the water headfirst!

Looks like your vacation was awesome though...

Thanks for sharing the great pics Cheeky! Seems like you had loads of fun :).

That 360 pay and drive is absolutely "dirt" cheap for a Ferrari! Did you go on it it or was that your father?



Sure is! You pay almost three times the price in Bahrain to do 3 hours on a the track (the only one we have actually :p), that's 1/2 a track day, in your own car. not to mention the cost of maintenance and servicing your car needs after driving for 3 hours when it's 50 degrees Celsius with 90% humidity.

That's weird.. you went on an almost identical trip that I went on in '07. Cannes, Monaco, and St. Tropez. They're really beautiful places, aren't they?

Did you get a chance to drive along the coast towards San Rafael or take the train to Monaco? I've never enjoyed traveling somewhere more.. 99% of the ride you can see the ocean.

Pretty good pics Cheeky.

I'm sure that you enjoyed your holidays :)
Yeahh =)

Dam, that's a lot of great pics!

Too bad there's a lack of pics of the track... I wanted to see more of the track. But thanks for uploading the pics!.....
It's quite hard to take pictures of it, because you're mostly driving around it..!

Thats some nice pictures!!! I assume you will be having that holiday again(well i would!!)

Thanks for sharing
Hmm...the same place twice can be pretty boring :p

That 360 pay and drive is absolutely "dirt" cheap for a Ferrari! Did you go on it it or was that your father?

You took some magnificent pics of the country I badly want to live in/visit. It seems as if there is a yacht for everyone and the cars are just spectacular. The architecture and landscape is almost second to none and it just very beautiful. It is fun to see that even in a country so rich, a Lamborghini can stop people and leave them awestruck.

Thanks for sharing.
Nah, just Dad, you can only do about 35mph, and aren't allowed a to make any noise! These guys have 3 Ferraris, and they must make a LOT of money out of it, people have been known to queue for 4/5 hours!


ANYWAYS, cheeky, looks like you had a whole lot of fun, there's some nice cars there. I'm truly jealous.

good thing I get to see the world in the navy, otherwise I'd have to steal your photos and pretend I've been to all these places to all my myspace freinds I've never met.

j/k, all my friends on myspace I have met. the issue is remembering the meeting, ;)

Lol..thanks
Wow nice pics cheeky

Did you jump off the high dive and where is this picture taken?:D
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Noooo! That's the all famous 'swimming pool' on the Monaco GP Circuit!

Wow, great pics. For some reason, those giant diving boards always freak me out. I have never even gone into the water headfirst!

Looks like your vacation was awesome though...
Yeahh :D

Thanks for sharing the great pics Cheeky! Seems like you had loads of fun :).
Yeahhh

That's weird.. you went on an almost identical trip that I went on in '07. Cannes, Monaco, and St. Tropez. They're really beautiful places, aren't they?

Did you get a chance to drive along the coast towards San Rafael or take the train to Monaco? I've never enjoyed traveling somewhere more.. 99% of the ride you can see the ocean.
Haha, well you know :p...yeah they really are!

We were staying in Frejus so yes we did. We actually drove to Monaco, we had a parking space organised ;)

Isn't that the Côte d'azur track from gran turismo? ( Hate that sucker. )

Later when I win the lotory for 120 000 000EUR I'll be living there in a giant masion whit all my friends. It will have a huge pool and offcourse a private track where we will race eachoter in our porsonalised R1's and EVO IX's...Sweet sweet fantasy.

hmm :D and i would go to Monaco in old Lada or even Volga 24, every bodies eyes would be on me, not on 911s :D

nice pics ;)

Great pics , great cars , great photo's , seems like you enjoyed it :cool:

Wow, I had no idea you were coming down here, when was this? Did you enjoy it? What did you get up to? Did you hit the town a bit? Stayed long? (sorry bout the questions... I just love to hear about what foreigners have to say about here!)

It's funny seeing pictures of all this, which is basically my doorstep. I was walking along the port just this morning... in fact I was driving on it 15 minutes ago!

Also, the guys with the Ferrari Tours, who would have thought? They started out with one 360, now they have an army of them (I think more than 3, maybe it's 3 per station (there are 3 stations)). They make ****-loads, the cars are running all day. Genius.

And the train ride, very nice indeed, running just above all the beaches from here to St. Tropez! Was on it on Wednsday to get to St. Tropez (which is also a beautiful place, but I feel it's so built for tourists and mega rich people that it lacks soul, Monaco thankfully has stayed a bit different, because the town actually lives and works all year round)

You should have let me know you were making way here! I could have given you tips on some nice places!

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Lady Moura is most of the time in Palma, I knew I hadn't seen it in some time!


Looks like you had fun! You went to some of the poshest places in Europe, no question why you saw so many beautiful cars!

Wow, I had no idea you were coming down here, when was this? Did you enjoy it? What did you get up to? Did you hit the town a bit? Stayed long? (sorry bout the questions... I just love to hear about what foreigners have to say about here!)

It's funny seeing pictures of all this, which is basically my doorstep. I was walking along the port just this morning... in fact I was driving on it 15 minutes ago!

Also, the guys with the Ferrari Tours, who would have thought? They started out with one 360, now they have an army of them (I think more than 3, maybe it's 3 per station (there are 3 stations)). They make ****-loads, the cars are running all day. Genius.

And the train ride, very nice indeed, running just above all the beaches from here to St. Tropez! Was on it on Wednsday to get to St. Tropez (which is also a beautiful place, but I feel it's so built for tourists and mega rich people that it lacks soul, Monaco thankfully has stayed a bit different, because the town actually lives and works all year round)

You should have let me know you were making way here! I could have given you tips on some nice places!
This was about 2 weeks ago now =) We literally walked around the whole place..you live in a BEAUTIFUL place...you're sooo lucky!

^^ Pfft! Good ol' English countryside :D

Lady Moura is most of the time in Palma, I knew I hadn't seen it in some time!

Interesting - everytime with the exception just once so far, Lady Moura has always been in Monaco whenever I am there, which is at least once, sometimes twice a year... guess we must just go at the same times :D

^Speaking of trips, when are you coming to visit New York?

Nice pics Cheeky, I'm planning on coming to the UK sometime next spring.

:)

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Lady Moura is most of the time in Palma, I knew I hadn't seen it in some time!


Looks like you had fun! You went to some of the poshest places in Europe, no question why you saw so many beautiful cars!


Yeah thats some boat, the question is where are the jets that take off and land on the deck. :rolleyes:

Also, in the background there it appears that there are appartments? Condos? Anyone got the 411 on those? I bet they are some tall coin no?

^Speaking of trips, when are you coming to visit New York?

Nice pics Cheeky, I'm planning on coming to the UK sometime next spring.

:)
Where abouts??
It's a pretty big place ;)
Yeah thats some boat, the question is where are the jets that take off and land on the deck. :rolleyes:

Also, in the background there it appears that there are appartments? Condos? Anyone got the 411 on those? I bet they are some tall coin no?
Probably worth about 1.5 million each..or something crazy!

^Speaking of trips, when are you coming to visit New York?

Nice pics Cheeky, I'm planning on coming to the UK sometime next spring.

:)

Then you can tell us all what you think of our beloved homeland :p

Yeah its bigger than you might think - be interesting to find out where you are staying?

you better not be in the UK when i'm in NY pal !!!!

I'm in New York probably about end of March/ start of April, most likely end of March. I'm in the process of working out the timings at the moment for how long it will take to reach places along the route so I can plan ahead.

I will be back in the UK from the start of May though, my 90 day tourist/transit visa limit will have expired then!

I will be in San Francisco and Los Angeles for 14 days from 21st Sept next month... too bad its the wrong side from NY!

Where abouts??
It's a pretty big place ;)



I meant Subaru...He said he's comin' here.


Then you can tell us all what you think of our beloved homeland.

Ahhh, I've already been to the UK once. This time I'm going by myself. And I don't know when or where, more of a backpacking trip.

you better not be in the UK when i'm in NY pal !!!!

I'm in New York probably about end of March/ start of April, most likely end of March. I'm in the process of working out the timings at the moment for how long it will take to reach places along the route so I can plan ahead.


I will be in San Francisco and Los Angeles for 14 days from 21st Sept next month... too bad its the wrong side from NY!


Hahah, ok, just keep me updated. :)

Yeah thats some boat, the question is where are the jets that take off and land on the deck. :rolleyes:

Also, in the background there it appears that there are appartments? Condos? Anyone got the 411 on those? I bet they are some tall coin no?

The load of flats you see in the background, closest to the Lady Moura are part of the Fairmont Hotel (ex-Lowes Hotel), the one the F1 cars drive under during the GP. Just above the hotel you see the back of the Casino.

Behind that, starting with the tall orange building (called Columbia) and going all along the sea front is the most expensive "neighborhood" of Monaco. You're not allowed to buy 90% of those flats, you're obliged to rent.

Interesting - everytime with the exception just once so far, Lady Moura has always been in Monaco whenever I am there, which is at least once, sometimes twice a year... guess we must just go at the same times :D

Lady Moura spends about half a year here (maybe a bit more these times) and half a year in Mallorca (which I believe is where the shipyard is if they ever take it out of the water).

The boat you see next to Lady Mora, Atlantis II, is always here, can you imagine, it never goes out! I think it belongs to some Greek guy. It's become just part of the scenery now...

http://yachts.monacoeye.com/yachtsbyname/mediafiles/atlantisii01.jpg

I meant Subaru...He said he's comin' here.




I meant in the UK!?

Damn, you were away in the nice weather and I had old fashioned British weather.

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Sweet!.....

A 205! :p

some really nice cars and the places you were at makes me envious.

I meant in the UK!?

Oh, I'm hoping sometime in the spring of next year, as much as I rail on it, I'd like to go to a showing of TG with a big American flag wrapped around me. :)

Other than that, if/when i make it over there I've got a few people on here I'd like to hang out with, get food with, go to some track with a rental, and make my own hajj to the McLaren F1 display car ya'll have there.

^^^ just get yourself to Mercedes Benz world with SubKid, you'll enjoy it, a guy from work done about 4 or 5 laps around there in a CLS63 and took the new SL63 down the wet straight, but that's because it was an AMG training day. You still can get a good blast around it in a C-Class Sport.

And if you come north to the border I might be able to get you a new SL500 for a day. :D

Wow! These pictures have inspired me to quit my current career to pursue getting a job as a professional rich person... boats and Astons...

Really, though, is that restaurant named the Cozy Box like as a joke...?

^^^ just get yourself to Mercedes Benz world with SubKid, you'll enjoy it, a guy from work done about 4 or 5 laps around there in a CLS63 and took the new SL63 down the wet straight, but that's because it was an AMG training day. You still can get a good blast around it in a C-Class Sport.

And if you come north to the border I might be able to get you a new SL500 for a day. :D

I didn't know you were that desperate for tourists hyphon! :D

Seriously though, enjoy it. The South East, is (of course) superior (;)), London is well worth it.

Seeing as I went to Monaco, Cannes, St. Tropez and Paris, I figured you might like to see some of the nice cars that I saw along the way =) Enjoyyy!

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Nintendo sixtyfooooooour! I'd give my right arm and left leg, plus my entire family for the yacht sixth from the front.


Damn, seeing those pics kinda gives you a glimpse into the sweet life of Breakfan of SCF. Someone should make a movie about it.

Nintendo sixtyfooooooour! I'd give my right arm and left leg, plus my entire family for the yacht sixth from the front.

Damn, seeing those pics kinda gives you a glimpse into the sweet life of Breakfan of SCF. Someone should make a movie about it.

You materialist! :D :D just joking :) but in your place i wouldnt be talking about giving away my family. Thats just not funny.

And i wouldnt give away even my finger for the ninth from the bottom yacht :p why? its just a matter of time me getting something even better, something like this:

http://www.global-b2b-network.com/direct/dbimage/50188983/Fishing_Boat.jpg

The load of flats you see in the background, closest to the Lady Moura are part of the Fairmont Hotel (ex-Lowes Hotel), the one the F1 cars drive under during the GP. Just above the hotel you see the back of the Casino.

Behind that, starting with the tall orange building (called Columbia) and going all along the sea front is the most expensive "neighborhood" of Monaco. You're not allowed to buy 90% of those flats, you're obliged to rent.


WoW!

I would love to just see those killer residencials. It just boggles my mind that there is that much dough out there.

I grew up simple, I think I posted that somewhere. When I was a kid, the irony was that I lived in a 1 million dollar home, that is in 1960's dollars for those of you that care to do the math inflation wise. The home did not belong to us, but rather my grandparents that regularly mentioned that the home was NOT ours, rather a place for us to live. My extended family was not very nice, rather some rich arseholes.

Anyway, I still love to see extravagent homes and just view them. Just out of curiosity. Thanks for the update and the clarification.

I've been in a bunch of flats along there... some of my best friends live there. Many are not so extravagantly luxurious as you may think. Lots of them are very frumpy to be honest, but they have a fantastic view.

What's nice here, and in the Cote d'Azur in general, is that you can walk into some shabby looking house from the outside but it'll be beautiful on the inside.

For example up on the Rock...

http://www.francemonthly.com/n/1004/images/monte-carlo-1.jpg

http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/yann2/Sortie_HTML/img/large/366/11-18-RVB.jpg

... they are all old buildings, very cute, but old from the outside. Yet inside many have been renovated and now lie some of the most stunning flats in the world.


If you want REAL incredible property though, you go 10 minutes down the coast to Cap Ferrat and Cap d'Antibes. There are located the most expensive houses in the world. In fact, just a few weeks ago the world record was (apparently) beaten, a Russian bought Safra's old house for MORE than 500 million EUROS. You should the see the house though :eek:. I guess it's ok when all your neighbors are celebrities though...


EDIT: Oh here's a picture of it!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00788/villa-leopolda-460_788899c.jpg

And this is the one Abramovich just bought:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/pic/4281.jpg
(picture might not show it, but this place is HUGE and very pretty, it's right by the sea too. He's done it all up since that pic too)

And here Bono's house in Eze for those who are interested...
http://salades-nicoises.net/IMG/cache-360x300/2291724-Travel_Picture-Eze_Bord_du_Mer_Bonos_Villa_Eze_Les_Rose s-360x300.jpg

If you want REAL incredible property though, you go 10 minutes down the coast to Cap Ferrat and Cap d'Antibes. There are located the most expensive houses in the world. In fact, just a few weeks ago the world record was (apparently) beaten, a Russian bought Safra's old house for MORE than 500 million EUROS. You should the see the house though :eek:. I guess it's ok when all your neighbors are celebrities though...

EDIT: Oh here's a picture of it!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00788/villa-leopolda-460_788899c.jpg


The house looks very good, but 500 mil??? thats too much, a lot too much. I would consider it as wasting money. There are a lot of places in the world there everything is overpriced and as a rational (sometimes) human i just can not see the real reason to throw away that amount of money.

Those other photos, especially these too on the top they look great :) i really really like this kind of architecture :)

An ex-"fiance" of mine went to college outside of Boston over here and along the main road leading to her campus was the richest "hamlet" in the Eastern US.

To give an idea of *how* rich, there was a mansion with a guest house for the main butler.

...It was a guest house. That cost 12 million US dollars.

...wtf.

Nice pics and even nicer cars.:p