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The Island Escape

Barcelona Harbour. Teaming with people and very warm. Thousands of boats and ideal sailing conditions for all enthusiasts. Explored the city including Olympic satadium, Sagrada and Spanish Village

Sagrada - an amazing unfinished cathedral.

Barcelona has many stunning buildings including this one and the whole place is an architechs dream.

Strelitzias growing wild in the south of France

Had a fabulous holiday cruising around the western Mediterranean. the weather was mainly hot and sunny with a couple of cloudier mornings. Two nights the sea was very rough but I slept through all the pitching and rolling and even managed a full English the next morning unlike many of the other passengers!
French Riviera. The pretty hillside village of Bormes les Mimosas (shame they bloom in December) The whole place had a rich perfume and you can see why this is the centre of the perfume industry. Mimosa, roses, jasmin, lavender ..... the list goes on

Grand Hotel - must have been wonderful in it's heyday. Still a very nice place to spend time away from the hustle and bustle.

Bormes les Mimos
near Toulon . No place for cars so lots of walking through cobbled streets with tiny cafes at every turn

ready to sail from Naples to Ajaccio. This bar in the 12th deck was a favourite viewing place and watering hole. Worked my way down the extensive list of cocktails throughout the week

Isle of Capri - Make a wish when you go through this hole in the rocks

Perfumerie on Capri. All the perfumes are made from locally grown flowers

Lemons anyone?

Looking towards Naples and Sorrento from Capri

Palma Harbour, Majorca

Flew to Palma, Majorca then on to Palermo, Sicily - Naples (and Capri, Italy) - Ajassio, Corsica - Toulon, French Riviera, and Barcelona before sailing back to Palma for the flight home.