Monaco Grand
Prix and Cannes Film Festival 2013
Our son, a car
enthusiast wanted to go to the Monaco Grand Prix as part of his trip home to
see us. “Why not?” we
thought, until we looked at the normal Grandstand prices. The seats on Sectuer Rocher seemed affordable. Further
reading revealed the reason. Basically we had booked patches of ground on a
hillside. Armed with inside knowledge from previous visitors we planned to
catch the 730 train from Nice (where we were staying) to Monaco. It so happened
that the Cannes Film Festival was on at the same time. We drove down to Cannes
and had a wonderful evening posing in front of the red carpet. Later we joined
hundreds of others to catch a glimpse of Hollywood stars, Steven Spielberg,
Nicole Kidman, Roman Polanski and his wife Emmanuelle Seigner (revealing her
décolletage in a red gown).
The following
morning we climbed up the hill to find that it was already packed. Eventually
we installed ourselves on a sloping piece of hard ground and there we sat for
the next eight hours. There was never a dull moment. Several Pre Formula 1
races took place which whetted our appetite for the main course. Ears plugs
were essential as the F1 cars roared along the circuit. Smoke rose into the air
as one car caught fire and they had to stop the race for a while. Shouts of
“drapeau rouge drapeau rouge” indicated a collision. N Rosberg won the race.
It was an
exciting day and after the race we walked along the circuit stepping across
tire marks. We watched the cars being dismantled and loaded up into large
trucks. A rave was going on in full swing at Rascasse situated on the circuit
which opened up after the race.
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