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The Final Post - The Land Trip Through France and Florence

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 We finally left the Le Boreal behind us in Honfleur and looked forward to getting our land legs again. The taxi from the pier to our apartment went smoothly (after all it was only a 1.4km drive which however cost us 30 euro and was shared with another couple - NEVER book transportation through the Ship 😡). Honfleur was a delightful and quaint French town. It primarily caters for the tourists and is full of restaurants and places just to sit, enjoy the sunshine and consume a nice bottle of French wine (or cider). The cider is the main drink in the region made from apples called Calvados, very different from ciders we usually drink in Australia, and much nicer in our mind and extremely popular). Our apartment was small but quite adequate for our needs, right in the centre with two restaurants opposite. Unfortunately I was still suffering from the flu so didn't feel up to seeing the sights on the first day. Dinner was bread, cheese, and some local salami with a bottle of cider the l...

The Atlantic Days 7-Till Disembarkation

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 Well the sea voyage has come to an end. It has been difficult to put together the blog due to the erratic and poor internet available on the ship and I grew tired of waiting a long time to download any photos. Instead of the 20 days straight at sea we ended up with a couple of detours to get spare parts from another Ponant ship and another for fuelling off a town in Wales. Then we come alongside Caen and were there for 2 days while the ship restocks and be ready for their next voyage which starts on the day we get off in Honfleur. After Caen we have 1 day at sea and then disembark the next day. 😁 Since the last blog covering the first few days onboard, the trip continued without too many events happening, we slipped into a daily routine. Waking up time was really dependent on the previous night's sleep (which initially was a bit erratic based upon the sea state and how much sleep we had during the previous day). We may make breakfast, but more often we didn't and headed off t...