Giraglia Rolex Cup 2009

These days in St-Tropez, there is the "Giraglia Rolex Cup", a yachting regatta. So the harbour is emptied of the usual (huge) motor yachts and full (and I mean REALLY FULL) with racing sail boats.
This is really neat to see all that frenzy around the boats. It may look like mayhem and chaos when seen in the harbour, but it is so nice and beautifull to see them actually sail away one after another when the race departure gets closer.
I really love all the yachting spirit and the yachts themselves. I had a lot of pleasure taking these pictures, that maybe why there is plenty of them.
Enjoy the show !

Antoine De St-Exupéry's Castle

Just across the road from LFTZ airport, there is this nice little castle that happens to belong to the De Fonscolombe family, which is also closely related to Antoine De St-Exupéry.
That's funny to see the place where the so famous writter spent his youth, among the sheeps and the garrigue. That might be the why of the sheep in "The Little Prince"... who knows.
So here is the picture of that lovely little castle.