Nearly a week after my trip, its finally settling in that I attended the most spectacular sporting event in the world, The Monaco Gran Prix for my 40th birthday.
I was a bit skeptical about all of the hype surrounding the event. I can now unequivocally tell you that IT IS the most spectacular sporting event in the world. And it needs to be added to everyone's bucket List.
I'm not sure that I can ever top this trip.
But I do know that I have the best friends in the world.
Only in Monaco would a track so narrow, so winding and ultimately so dangerous remain on the Formula One calendar for 69 years. Only in Monaco would access to that same street circuit be open to the public for 12 hours each day.
"It's the one weekend of the year when everybody - teams, media, everyone - stay out until 6am and go to work … at 9am."
By 9.45am, a fleet of Porsches contested the Porsche Supercup Series. Eighty-five minutes later the World Series by Renault took place and by 1.30pm Prince Albert and his fiancee were completing a lap of honour before the main event, waving to the wealthy figures sunning themselves on the nearby yachts. Only in Monaco.
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