My first cruise (part 1)

Normally our annual strategy meetings take place in conference centres or big hotels. This year, management decided to do something slightly different and hired a cruise ship for a 3.5-day trip around the Mediteranean. And before you go green with envy... we DID work. Honestly. Ok, not all of the time. But most of it.

Arrival in Nice and it started well... we were at one terminal, our bus at the other. So we waited. And waited.


Before we went on board there was time for a walk along the esplanade:

A waterfall up the hill, with no river in sight...

In the evening we left the harbour of Nice and headed towards Corsica...

The cruise ship was a sailing boat...

Did I mention it was a sailing boat?



Our conference was a dramatic change from the usual cruise clientele and the crew didn't quite manage to adjust. We were most bewildered by the daily "cocktail spectacle" before dinner. This was surely the most bizarre evening of all. Why were they dressed up as brides? And I want the drug the host must have taken every day before the show.

I missed the first days shore leave because of work, so no pictures. But on the second day my boss decided we should all take a break and see Bonifacio...

Some decided to stay on board and play with their mobile phones...

I joined a small group and took the boat trip around Bonifacio...

Just outside the grotto the colour of the water was simply amazing...




The guide claimed that the hole in the ceiling of the grotto has the same shape as Corsica...