French Riviera: The invitation to Pierre Cardin’s Bubble house must have got lost in the post.
Seeing it from the outside would have to suffice.
But seeing it from a speed boat on the French Riviera is a pretty good vantage point.
The Palais Bullas,, or Bubbles Palace, was put back on the market a few years ago – well, fashion god Pierre was well into his 90s by then.
For £300m the specs for the 12,000sqm complex, the haunt of many a celeb, included.
Ten space-aged rooms, three swimming pools, a 500-seater amphitheatre and lush gardens.
Chic: On the French Riviera
Now Cannes is not cheap but Mimoza’s in neighbouring Mandelieiu-La-Napouke is within your budget.
And it has A golf course nearby, Continental Europe’s first, The Old Course, which Pierre’s gaffe doesn’t.
Still, repose en paix, Pierre.
Our thoughts with Croatia
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Croatia: And our prayers go out to our friends in Zagreb and Croatia where they are recovering from the effects of a second earthquake in two days.
I am always drawn to a city which boasts a daily ritual…
View of Washington from Arlington
I’m thinking a Changing of the Guard, in Arlington the Beefeaters in London or the One O’Clock Gun in Edinburgh.
And Zagreb has a cannon which fires out paper.
My old friends Croatia Tours are the people to go with from Ireland.
From the UK…? I’m open to offers.
And a Happy New Air
Ryanair, flyin’ air
Flying: And we will be which is what Ireland’s national airline carrier Aer Lingus and Ryanair
Low-fare Ryanair are offering sizzling summer deals from €19.99.
And they’ve dropped their flight change fees for all new bookings made for travel before January 31.
And I’m noticing my faves Amsterdam, Hamburg and Lourdes in among the €19.99 tranche.
Lady Liberty is calling
Just because the shops are closed won’t stop us checking out the January Sales… and Aer Lingus.
They’ve got 30% off flights and checked bags to Europe, and Barcelona catches the eye.
While they’re all over North America with €149 sale deals which means I can swop Zoom for my cousins’ front rooms in New York and Washington DC
