Episode 35 – ‘Boreas’Saint-Tropez, France, 29 December
Mohammed parks his roadster at the car park by the port. Gently steering me towards the harbour, he suggests have a look at another ‘toy’ of his, a forty-meter yacht ‘Boreas’.
His polite insistence annoys me. Though, I’m not new to Saint-Tropez, I've never had a chance to fully immerse into the charms of this Provençal fishing village: stroll its narrow winding streets, examine the ruins of the Saracen fort, or sit in a cafe, watching the world go by. Somehow, I always seemed to pass through it in a rush.
'All-right,' I agree reluctantly, 'but what a strange name to choose for a yacht.'
‘Why strange?’ he asks, surprised.
'Well, you come from a hot sunny country with no winters, and Boreas is the Greek God of the cold north win
