Once I recovered from the shock of a private plane, I settled down a little and relaxed into the flight. There I was, chatting away to my clients as if this happens every day in my life!!
We soon touched down, by which time I felt comfortable. The limousine drove us to the marina, where we boarded a boat called My Destiny. OMG I thought a private plane was luxury, but that plane had nothing on this boat… or should I say ship!
This Ship had just been launched. It was shiny and brand new and had come from Europe. I had seen nothing like it in my life. The crew of 10 welcomed us onto the ship. I found out they all of worked there full time and they allocated me two crew members who were to look after ME for the two weeks I was on board.
My cabin was beautiful, with a huge bed, full-sized bathroom and sitting room. My job for the two weeks whilst there was to massage both Mr C and Ms G once per day at three o’clock. The rest of the time was mine.
Once settled in, I set off to explore the ship. There was the master’s suite, which was out of bounds as this is where my clients stayed. The rest of the ship was mine to use and enjoy. There were about four or five floors, the crew quarters, the guest quarters and the master quarters, along with dining rooms, an enormous library, sitting rooms and three outside sun/dinning decks. This ship also had a garage on board and in here were the toys – a speed boat (the launch), two jet skis, and many more things which I could use whilst on board.
We left Genoa and headed off to Cannes, as Mr C has some business there. Once we arrived, we had to anchor up a mile outside the marina as our ship was far too large to moor up in any marina. For two weeks, we stayed anchored in the bay. It was stunning.
Up till then, it was unbeknown to me that Mr C had something to do with MGM studios and we were at Cannes for the film festival. The dates I cannot really remember but it was when Meryl Streep was promoting A Cry in the Dark and Sylvester Stallone was promoting one of the Rocky films. This was a very exciting time for me.
My daily routine was to get up with the crew, hop onto the launch and head of out to the French food markets. Here my love for great food was born. The crew were wonderful and taught me so much. Once back, I had breakfast and chilled out, read a book, and was invited to use the toys from the garage if I wanted. Lunch was a light snack and then my two hrs of work would begin. After that, one of the crew would take me back to the mainland where I would do some sight-seeing and chilling. Back on the ship, I ate with my clients every night and the stories that they shared were out of this world. It was at one of these evenings that I was told of a party that my clients were going to host on Saturday night, what fun I thought until I realised that this would not be like any party I had ever been to before. It was to be filled with A-list Hollywood stars and Meryl Streep and Silvester Stallone where the main guests, along with many more famous people and ME (Gulp)… !
How in heaven’s name did I get to be in the middle of a Hollywood Party floating in the Med on this wonderful ship! Completely out of my comfort zone, sipping champagne in the corner watching the world go by.
As you can imagine, my two weeks flew by, but what an experience. It’s one I shall never forget until my dying day, Life is so funny sometimes. You really have to go with the flow and see where you end up.