It's time to pack up my bags and bid farewell to casino city as the Monté Carlo TV Festival comes to a close. Here's what I've learned:

1. Monaco may be the second smallest independent state in the world, but its steep terrain makes it a real schlep to get around.

2. Sharing a plane with the stars of Lost is a slightly unnerving experience.

3. French press conferences take double the time in order to translate everything into French (even though all French journalists seem to speak English).

4. Lost's Naveen Andrews swears like a trooper. See 10.

5. David Boreanaz (Bones, Angel) has a good sense of humour. He's also a thief: having commandeered one of the pap's cameras, he then turned the tables on the rest of them (see right).

6. Jorge Garcia's forename is actually pronounced "Whore-hey".

7. Tate Donovan (Damages, The O.C.) is looking good for 44. At 52, Dana Delany (Desperate Housewives) is looking even better.

8. Whore-hey says he hasn't taken advantage of his Lost fame by sleeping with the many women who throw themselves at him.

9. Heathrow terminal 1 is a shambles.

10. In Naveen's defence, his profanity is purely conversational, totally inoffensive and used with humour. He also had a habit of calling me "love". I'm not sure whether that's supposed to say something about me or him.