Julian Lennon
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357 appearances
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
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It's not a bad place to be. But a weird spot. It's a weird spot. It's like, what's going on here? Why is everybody stacked up in apartments right here? It's very transient. People come and go for whatever reason that they do. I mean, most people, like myself, we have a kind of summer house getaway so you can go breathe on the weekends. Yeah.
Oh, very much so. Yeah, yeah, no. A lot of real rich folks go there to hoard their cash. Oh, for sure, for sure. But there's a few new places around the world that offer that kind of possibility. Oh, really? Like where else? Well... Dubai is offering certain incentives now. Portugal, certain incentives.
I've never been there personally. Is that a fact? I think it is. I'm not 100% sure.
Yeah, well, that's one element of it. There's no crime. As long as you're not doing anything bad.
Yeah.
Fairly reasonable. Yeah, yeah. So... Although it's never inspired me so far anyway. Well, there's a lot of, like, wild restrictions over there. Oh, yeah. And I like a bit of character with where I am, you know. Yeah. And, you know, one of the pleasures I find is, number one, I'm a biker, so I get to ride around a lot. I'm not really a beach guy. After 20 minutes, I start twitching.
I need to do something. It's true. Yeah. But I'm also a foodie as well. So, you know, Monaco's half an hour away from Italy. And there's actually a big crossover in the restaurants between French and Italian food. And then you have places like... the island of Corsica, which is French now. It's been through the mill a few times. It was English at one point. It was Italian at one point.
I think a few other nations do. And I could see it from where I was. You can actually see the outline of Corsica from the south of France and from Monaco in certain locations. And I'd seen it for 25, 30 years and had never been. And a couple of years ago, I decided with a friend to hop in. I've got a little mini convertible, and that's my little runaround.
And decided to get the ferry, which is about six hours across, and drive with no bookings, no nothing, and just see if there was a hotel available. And drove around the whole island in 10 days. And it was one of the most magical places I've ever, ever been to. It's like 10 countries on one island. The scenery is mind-blowing. And the south of it is very much like the Caribbean.
Crystal clear, turquoise, blue waters. But the food, again, is this combination of the best of Italian and the best of French. Wow. And just the freshest of the freshest of the fresh. And I've only been down there about two or three times because this was only a few years ago. And I couldn't believe that it's – and here's the other thing. Okay, the ferry is six hours.
But you can get on what they call a vomit comet there. It's like a very short flight. You could be there in the south of Corsica from Nice airport in 45 minutes. And it's a different world. It's an entirely different world. Stunning, gorgeous, different world with, again, scenery unlike I've ever seen before. And for such a small island, which you can... Is it here? Oh, wow.
I mean, it's just insanely, insanely beautiful. And that's Bonifacio, yeah. They're renowned for being... They can be a bit of a tough nut. In what way? If they don't like you, if you piss them off, excuse my French, they'll blow up your house.
I mean there was a report a couple of years ago that this guy's house, he was causing some trouble and they didn't want him around and they blew up his house. They set it on fire and blew it up. I'm serious.
They're exactly like that. I mean if you don't – I get that. If you don't respect them. Yeah, I get that. Yeah, no.
There's just, you know, I think if you're not prepared to be warm and friendly on the approach and treat them with the respect that they deserve in their own country. Treat like you're a visitor. Yeah. You're thankful to be there. Don't order them around. Don't tell them what to do. And even though they think it's quite funny that you try and speak their language, I mean –
I can understand French pretty well and Italian and a few other things, but God help me if I try and speak it because they'll just – they don't laugh at you, but they'll speak back to you in English. Right.
But at least make the effort is what I'm saying. Sure.
Show them that you're trying. Yeah. Say merci. Yeah. Say that. Just thank you. Alone, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't just order them around, which I've seen many people do, and it's a bit shocking.
Where do you head?
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