Our taxi driver arrived right at 4:30 am for a ride to the airport. We are flying Ryanair again--which means long lines to check our bag, then another line for a Visa check, then security. Thankfully the plane wasn't crowded and we were able to have a seat in between us for the 1 1/2 hour flight. We arrived into Marseille and it was very windy, with some drizzle. Our first not-perfect weather day since we arrived in Madrid. After getting through passport control,...

We met bright and early for breakfast today. Played one of those "hurry up and wait" games. Our ship was due to dock at 8:00 am and wouldn't you know, every other day when we've had a late tour, our ship has been early. Not so today. We eventually got the green light to board a water shuttle to take us to the port of Toulon. We got a tour of the harbor first, but between the rocking of the boat and the tour guide's voice, I napped most of the time. :) Once we got...

Today was our first and only day at sea on this cruise. I've gotta admit it's been kind of nice not having to be anywhere to do anything at a specific time. We meandered around the ship, did some shopping, played bingo two different times and lost all games (such a bummer!), went to a meet-the-captain thing and got a free drink coupon. Dinner tonight is at The Crown Grill, always a favorite! One especially fun thing we did was find the stewardess that we had on...

We both were awake well before the alarm went off this morning. I think partly to do with not sleeping well from being so full and needing to finish packing. Our driver was set to pick us up at 7:30, but I got a text a few minutes after 7:00 that he was on the way, so we said goodbye to Jeanne and headed down to wait. He showed up within a couple minutes and away we went for the airport. Once we arrived, we quickly figured out we needed to be in Zone 3 and were i...

We got up early, had coffee and decided to begin packing. I can't believe it's gone by so fast but I think we are both ready to be home. We caught the subway to Sevres Babylone and found the street Jeanne had told us to look for, Rue de Bac--this street was supposed to be good for shopping for chocolates, which we had decided to buy for souvenirs. The first store we came across looked great, so we went in and got everything we wanted. The store was amazing, and t...