Almost the Poseidon Adventure!

Last night about supper time we heard a massive commotion out on the sea. Earlier in the day we saw a beautiful vintage steamer/mast boat moored right off our apartment. About 6:30pm, there was a blare of ship horns. “What’s that?” Paul looked at me and asked. “Sounds like the ship’s pulling out” I said. So we jumped out on the patio to see. What we saw, though, was what I think was probably a real close call to a collision! A MASSIVE cruise ship was far too close to both the shore and the little (okay, smaller) ship – they were BLARING their horns at each other in what sounded like Morse code. It was a real commotion – everyone came out on their balconies to see what the fuss was. I was flabbergasted that the cruise ship (which looked beautiful and brand new, by the looks of it) would have deep enough water to be this close to shore. Even now we can’t believe that they missed each other!

I can’t believe that our holiday will be over this week (volcano permitting). We went shopping this morning and picked Mr. C. up a little stuffed toy souvenir (he gets a treat every time we go away).

We took our morning promenade to Italy this morning. I snapped a photo of the actual border line between the two countries, as well as a video of the little stream and mountains that are right on the border. I’m sorry that the little duck didn’t show up – she was sweet!

Walking home, we passed what has to be the biggest French lavender plant that either of us has seen. Its girth is wider than Paul's outstretched arms. I don’t know if it’ll come out in full bloom before we leave at the end of the week (it’s close!), but if it does I’ll snap another photo for you.

Succulent plans are of course confined to pots at home. Here, cactus’ and other exotics are planted in gardens and planters and thrive (including bird of paradise plants). This pretty blossom was on a cactus plant in front of a real estate agency that we were passing. It was a large blossom – no scent to speak of, though.

Every morning we pass a fellow who delivers baguettes from a local bakery to the restaurants that line the private beaches on Garavan bay. I finally managed to snap a photo of his highly technical delivery system, although unfortunately today the baguettes weren’t sticking out of the top of the paper bag the way that they normally do.

Weather continues to be stunning. We’ve been watching the forecast for home and it’s calling for sunny & warm when we get home on Thursday!

Until tomorrow!