Up
fairly late. The weather is not
great. Certainly it will not be a
beach day. It is overcast with
some breaks in the clouds. Also
the wind is getting up, keeping it quite cool. So we just have leisurely French breakfast. Then we manage to download the Times,
though not from the free WIFI, which only seems to work intermittently and only
really for the internet and e-mails, not downloads. We then decide to go out and try to provision the boat for
the rest of the week. We have
dinner on board for tonight and will eat out tomorrow and on my birthday on
Tuesday. Monday will be a fasting
day, so really there is not too much to buy.
Back
to the boat and read the papers.
We have something new for lunch.
Instead of bread we have bought a Fougasse, stuffed bread specialty of
the area. It is a sort of cross
between a loaf of bread and a pizza.
Very interesting, though Richard did find it a bit heavy on the black
olives which he doesn’t eat! We
have decided to just have a quiet day today. The weather forecast for tomorrow is bad. Rain and thunderstorms with high winds. We have found that there is a Thallassotherapy
hotel here and we will try to book a session for tomorrow. First however, Richard is going to use
the free internet to get us organised for when the boat comes out. First he books us into the best hotel
in Vence (just inland from Nice) with a two rosette restaurant. That will be my delayed birthday
treat. Then after a lot of effort
he manages to book us a car to go from Toulon to be returned to Nice
airport. Then he books us an hotel
for the last night at the airport, as we have a morning flight. Finally he books us into the one
rosette restaurant at Porquerolles which we couldn’t get in to the other day,
for my birthday. We find that they
include a lift to the place from the port! So we hope our last 4 days are now all sorted out.
We
take the long way around walking to the hotel that does the Thalasso, and yes
they can book us in for tomorrow afternoon. So we have chosen three treatments and a massage each. We don’t think we will need to shower
tomorrow! On the way back stop at
the posh Italian ice cream parlour and indulge in good sized cones! My weight is not going to appreciate
all this indulgence.
Back
to the boat and I spend the afternoon finishing off Ulysses! Yes on the fourth attempt I have
finally finished it. I don’t think
I understood more than half of it and I shall probably have to read it again,
but I do have a great sense of achievement. Richard suggests a glass of champagne to celebrate, but I
will save that for my birthday.
Dinner on board. Made a
cote de boeuf with pommes Lyonaisse. More calories!
The
wind has really got up this afternoon.
Here in the harbour it is blowing a 6. Hope it gets better when we want to move on Monday.
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