St. Peter Port, Guernsey

Guernsey was a real serprise to me. We arrived on time and arose slowly, as we were both tired, Ed more so then I. Mad a fast dash to the horizon Kurt as we missed breakfast in the dinning room. And breakfast was quit good, another serprise, we then went down to the Wheelhouse bar to meet for the tour.  Guernsey, insisted on using their boats, that were bigger, which was fine, but later there was a problem with that. 

 On to the island: Founded St Peter Port, likethe rest of Guernsey, became the propriety of England after the Battle of Hasting in 1066.  Population 96,513 est. 2014. Climate: it has a milder climate, islanders make the most of the outdoors. July and August are the warmest months at around 72 F and the lows are in the mid 40s during the coldest month of February. It rains 2-3 inches on a average each month. English is the language.  Currency is the guernsey pound (GGP) but there money is totally independent from England so you can’t interchange it. This place will never have a problem with homeless, because you can’t stay here without money, and if you fond yourself without money they ship you out. It is so difficult to live or buy property here, you have to be very rich. But if your family has property they are allowed to sell it to a family member for ONE Pound, with no inheritance tax. 

We took a mini bus around the island with a wonderful guide. The highlight was the little Chaple. Set in the countryside along a treelined path sits this small chapel. Made of simple materials, the chaple is beautifully decorated with pebbles, shells and pieces of colorful broken china. It was wonderful, we enjoyed it very much, even with the damp weather. 

When we returned to the dock, there was a line like you wouldn’t believe, seems the Guernsey boats couldn’t handle the waves that had churned up. So the tenders were called in and cleaned it all up. 

Today when we got back to the ship we grabbed a quick lunch, and went to the CC meet & great. Then we had to get ready for Formal night, we didn’t make it to the captains waterfall, but that’s ok, we’ve seen it before. 

And the busy day helped us not to dwel on 9/11

Goodnight all

The chaple

See the steps they were like that all the way up. We didn’t go all the way, as it was raining, and there were no hand rails.