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| Itinerary |
Started with a nice breakfast: bacon, pancakes, croissant, pastry,
grapefruit juice, coffee, toast, bubbly, and fruit. 'becca seems better
this AM. Now, for the boat story: we're "stuck" near a little
village called Cruas due to a malfunctioning lock. Since it's Sunday,
there is no possibility for repair until tomorrow, at the earliest. Al
& Sylvia are working on a contingency plan for the wine festival trip
planned for this afternoon. Mat has officially lost his voice, but is
otherwise feeling okay. We took a stroll into Cruas. Not much going on
there, but they do have some photogenic ruins. Back at the boat, we had
lunch.
Lunch: We left for Valreas and the wine festival ~2:00. Al arranged for our bus to pick us up in Cruas. Our driver is named "Damien" (which turned out to be an "Omen"). He was a horrible driver, didn't know how to keep his seat from bouncing up & down, and didn't know how to operate the AC. After a few Km, the ladies revolted and demanded we stop so they could get some air. After some cold drinks we started up again and reached Valreas ~3:00. We got our tasting glasses and commenced sampling the local wines. The festival itself was kind of a zoo, and it was HOT, HOT, HOT! Back on the boat, we had the "Captain's Reception" in the lounge prior to dinner, where they offered some German sparkling wine. Dinner: Wines:
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