Today was going to be an easy, short day with a relatively late start. I tried to sleep in a bit more, but the sound of the ship dropping anker seemed to be directly under my head.
Cannes (pronounced “cahn”, in case you didn’t get my pun in the blog title) doesn’t have a port, only a harbor. The ship had to drop the anker in the middle of the harbor. The only way to get to shore is through a “tender”, a smaller shuttle boat.
The harbor was mysteriously empty of big fancy yachts today. How disappointing.
And apparently the film festival was happening today as well.
Andy was off to a do a walking tour of Cannes, while my sisters-in-law and I figure out how to get ashore and find a place to eat lunch.
Added to this was the issue of how we could watch the final episode of Game of Thrones before all the spoilers took over the world.
The answer – we were going to try to stream it on Andy’s phone (yes, a not-great interface) while sitting in a park or something in Cannes, so we could leverage our international data package.
You can see how much we cared about visiting Cannes. We had been there a few years ago on an earlier cruise, and were just not impressed in the slightest. At least today was a nice day. A good opportunity to take care of the GoT final episode.
Andy did take the walking tour, and here are some of his photos:
From an overview spot:
From the red carpet:
Susie, Janet, and I managed to get on shore just as he came back from the tour, so we found each other. Susie and Janet went off on a little trolley tour, and Andy and I set ourselves up on a park bench were his phone could find good reception.
Ok, this was a little crazy, but it worked like a charm. We had managed to see the last episode without any spoilers at all. And it was a beautiful day to sit on a park bench.
By the time we were done and found Susie and Janet, it was 2:00. The last boat back to the ship was at 4:00. We attempted to find a restaurant on the way back to the tender dock, but restaurant after restaurant said lunch was over at 2:00. We’ve never heard of this before. We wondered if it was just Cannes snobbery.
But there was one restaurant that was still serving lunch – an Italian restaurant. Oy. One day in France and we’re still eating Italian food!
Because we were running short on time, the server recommended items that could be brought out quickly. Andy and I both had a risotto with mushrooms – SO GOOD.
We were done by about 3:15; I started walking ahead, because I walk so much more slowly than everybody else.
Of course, there was a rush for the last couple of tenders for the day. We ended up on the very last one – that was delayed because a ship excursion bus was late.
A nice easy day, for a change.
Tomorrow: A Bientot to France and Buenos Días a España!
Maryland Meshugas 