Edward Cahill - pianist. This family quest being one research phase of my next book - a biography of the brilliant but forgotten Australian concert pianist Edward Cahill July 29, The next part of my research after South Africa for my next book, that on 'the family genius' the Australian concert pianist 'Uncle Eddie' Edward Cahill [] , took me to Eze - a 'perched village' on the Cote d'Azur. Refer to 'Work in Progress' for September for the very latest material on this ongoing research.
Why did I choose a humble Peugeot - a car with seemingly so little cachet? Reliability, readily available parts throughout all European countries, comfort, inexpensive to insure and it's a convertible. I have always found the first series car far more attractive in the metal than in photographs. Later models do not wear the family face well as the lines of the car are no longer cohesive and the balance of form between front and rear is upset.
The car is particularly attractive in this colour Manitoba and that superb metallic red Babylon. I have read some terrible reviews of the CC but have only had a couple of problems with mine mainly through lack of use. The trouble with GT and sports cars today is an appalling lack of luggage space. How do you go away for three weeks touring the French Riviera in a modern convertible with enough luggage to cover adequately any social circumstance that may crop up?
Washing and drying clothes en route in hotel rooms has never appealed to me. I prefer a convertible with a steel folding roof for security and climatic reasons in Poland as opposed to a rag top. Upon arrival at the destination one can unload the car and use it as a convertible for the rest of the holiday. Bliss on the Riviera in the cool evenings.
The car performed perfectly over the entire trip and has now covered some 50,kms. Warsaw to the Cote d'Azur and Monaco kms. As an independent traveller the planning of this excursion was very time consuming but worth the investment of emotional energy.
