The Fleet Report and Daily for Wednesday October 4th, 2023

[Cruzin Terri]

Good evening.

i just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who wished us a Happy Anniversary.  

We went to dinner at a very lovely Italian Restaurant.  Dinner was very enjoyable.  Since we rarely go out to eat, this was a special treat.

it was a lovely day and I appreciate all the well wishes.

God Bless,

Terri

[richwmn]

Sometimes when the subject of cats comes up I mention I have two that are inside a lot, and two that show up to eat, mostly overnight.

One of the occasional cats is black with white boots, the other is yellow/gold.

Yesterday and today 'Goldie' has been inside during the evening and I managed to get Leo to leave Goldie alone. Tonight Goldie has eaten quite a bit, but has also allowed me to get close and pet, and also take a couple of pictures.

 

[Sharon in AZ]

Good evening, sorry for the lateness but I totally forgot that Villefranche was today’s port and wanted to share what I saw on June 3, 2022 on the Oosterdam while Craig was in quarantine. We tendered and I waited until late morning to check it out because it was raining. I  really just went so I could say that I’d been in France. By the time I got there most everything was closed up due to the rain.  I remember water pouring off the awnings making it difficult to walk. I found a few souvenirs and went back to the ship. 
 

Sailing in, this was about 5:30 am. 
 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Vanessa @JazzyV!

 

Happy Anniversary Terri @Cruzin Terri!
 

Have a good night everyone!

[grapau27]

8 hours ago, sailingdutchy said:

I am very late posting this because I was fighting and struggling with my iMac after I had this all prepared earlier this morning to show you our very nice day in Villefranche .

 

We visited Villefranche-sur-Mer a couple of times in the spring and again in the fall of 2022 , in May while on the Nieuw Statendam I had booked a small group tour with 7 of us to go from there to a few Perched Medieval Villages of the Alps because in earlier years we already had been a few times to Cannes , Nice and also a number of times to Monaco .

 

After tendering into Port we met up with what worked out to be our wonderful guide Fouad who showed us the beauty of this area 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first mountaintop village we visited was Tourrettes-sur-Loup , in the Province- Alps-Cote d’Azur 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For our dearly departed friend Jose ............ we had just heard about what had happened back in Canada , RIP .

 

 

Admiring a new Citroen 2CV  …..meaning “two taxable horsepower “ 

 

 

 

Getting some sweets for on the road , some delicious Nougat 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next we were taken to Gourdon another beautiful old mountaintop village 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gourdon , one of the most beautiful medieval villages in France where the Roman ruins are to be found and its dramatic perched vantage point earned it the name “ the Eagles Nest “ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a nice little lunch I had a Croque-monsieur and madame Martha had a Croque- madame 

 

 

It was now time to slowly go back towards the coast while having another stop in Greolieres overlooking the Loup valley dominated by the the remains of the village “ Hautes Greolieres and the St Etienne’s chapel 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An amazing day was had by all , we hope we can hook up with this great guide soon for another tour with him ....................a;ez, alez , alez Fouad !  We have to get back to the port to go on the tender , the Captain is waiting and blowing his horn ........

 

 

 

Have a great evening everybody , sorry for the long post and being so late , see you soon on board another BHB …………

 

Tony  😍😍

Great photos and descriptions.