St. Peters Port, Guernsey
We arrived in St. Peters Port, on the Isle of Guernsey around 7:00 AM. We had smooth sailing coming from Southampton. The weather is beautiful today. Clear, warm and a slight wind.
Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands and is independent of both France and England and as such is an Off Shore banking location. There is evidence of lots of money by the fact of expensive boats in the marina and expensive homes.
We had breakfast and then caught the tender into St. Peters Port. On the way we met Bob and Betty and we went looking for the bus around the Island. Instead we decided to take a 3 hour tour of the island. Our driver and guide was from the island and gave us a very good tour. The country side is beautiful and the roads are narrow. We went to the Little Chapel, built by a local priest. It started as a model chapel and grew into a small Chapel. The Bishop was invited from England to bless it. When he arrived it was found that he was a little too rotund to enter. The priest tore down the Chapel and made it larger. It is now called the Little Chapel.
We continued on to the coast and saw many of the coastal defenses the Germans set up during WW2.
We returned to the ship and had a meet and greet for our CC group.
Tonight was Formal night, so Judi and I got dolled up for dinner. The food was good.
It looks like we are headed into stormy weather this week.
Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands and is independent of both France and England and as such is an Off Shore banking location. There is evidence of lots of money by the fact of expensive boats in the marina and expensive homes.
We had breakfast and then caught the tender into St. Peters Port. On the way we met Bob and Betty and we went looking for the bus around the Island. Instead we decided to take a 3 hour tour of the island. Our driver and guide was from the island and gave us a very good tour. The country side is beautiful and the roads are narrow. We went to the Little Chapel, built by a local priest. It started as a model chapel and grew into a small Chapel. The Bishop was invited from England to bless it. When he arrived it was found that he was a little too rotund to enter. The priest tore down the Chapel and made it larger. It is now called the Little Chapel.
We continued on to the coast and saw many of the coastal defenses the Germans set up during WW2.
We returned to the ship and had a meet and greet for our CC group.
Tonight was Formal night, so Judi and I got dolled up for dinner. The food was good.
It looks like we are headed into stormy weather this week.
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