August 22, 2024
Medieval Chester Daytrip
Five of us, David, Wendy, Tracy & Karen ( sadly cut out of picture) set off Monday morning to explore Chester. An easy 45 minute train ride from Liverpool. Chester has the most complete city walls, oldest racecourse and largest Roman Amphitheatre in Britain, plus a 1000 year old Cathedral and tons of shopping. David's app gave us a narrated tour from atop the city walls. Which we wonder for a couple of hours before the drizzling rain drove us to seek a warm cozy spot for lunch. Then we did some strolling & shopping and returned to Liverpool in the late afternoon. We rested a tad and then regrouped with other for a Thai dinner. An easy fun day!
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I threw together an impromptu Bachelorette party for Angie tonight! Angie and Gian are getting married for a third time in Hawaii next week.They will be alone this time and it turns out she never had a Shower or Bachelorette to celebrate her first 2 marriages on the Ship, last May! Our girl deserved a fun night to celebrate her! So we took over a section the outdoor seating at Les 3 Brassuers, and their great band had us all up dancing! It's amazing what you can do with a bunch of WhatsApp messages to fellow ladies, some tulle, sparkles and always handy flower lei's ! One of the ladies even went and bought her some lingerie! I love our supportive community!
I got to go Sailing Again! We were supposed to head to the COOK ISLANDS after the lovely Rangiroa and the Tuamotu Archipelago, but due to stormy weather there, with all unprotected tender ports, they made the decision to head us southwest, back to the protected port in Papeeta (Tahiti). We got lucky and Holly ( pictured below) found us a sailboat available for charter.
Since Janette Emerich is generous enough to share her drone photos with all of us on board the Ship, I have to share them with you all. This beauty is why I said we felt like we were in a screen saver the whole day in Rangiroa! I love the height perspective in the photos it really captures so much more. Blue Lagoon below: