Saturday - After an early breakfast, we were the first to leave the ship just after 8am. We were able to walk into the town in 15 mins, and decided to book our own canal cruise for €16 instead of the £39 each charged if you went on the trip organised by the ship. I did wonder whether all the people on the organised tour would end up on the same boat as us. But they didn't, and we had lots of space to ourselves, with just a few other customers on board. It was a really good way to see the old town. Dozens of low bridges, beautiful tall buildings, loads of houseboats. A very photogenic place.
After the canal trip, we walked into the red light district, but at this time of the morning, there wasn't much activity. But I did get a bit of a shock when we saw quite a largely built woman in a size too small bikini posing in the window in full view of the pedestrians. What was she thinking? Didn't dhe realise people could see her? I'm sure she would catch her death of cold, Maybe her clothes were still in the wash cycle of the machine. Then we saw a skinnier but older woman further along the road in another window, similarly dressed. Or undressed. Quite an eye opener this morning. Lots of sex shops, and also lots of shops selling 'happy seeds', magic mushrooms, marijuana biscuits and assorted paraphanalia.
After a nice coffee by the side of the canal watching the world go by, we took a slow stroll back to the boat and had an early lunch in the buffet restaurant before going up to the top deck to watch the ship leave the port and travel slowly down the huge ship channel, and out towards the open sea. Next stop Gibraltar in a few days time.
This afternoon I could participate in chair aerobics, deck quoits, line dancing, or a lecture on whales and dolphins. Hmmmm - think I'll give them a miss......
After the canal trip, we walked into the red light district, but at this time of the morning, there wasn't much activity. But I did get a bit of a shock when we saw quite a largely built woman in a size too small bikini posing in the window in full view of the pedestrians. What was she thinking? Didn't dhe realise people could see her? I'm sure she would catch her death of cold, Maybe her clothes were still in the wash cycle of the machine. Then we saw a skinnier but older woman further along the road in another window, similarly dressed. Or undressed. Quite an eye opener this morning. Lots of sex shops, and also lots of shops selling 'happy seeds', magic mushrooms, marijuana biscuits and assorted paraphanalia.
After a nice coffee by the side of the canal watching the world go by, we took a slow stroll back to the boat and had an early lunch in the buffet restaurant before going up to the top deck to watch the ship leave the port and travel slowly down the huge ship channel, and out towards the open sea. Next stop Gibraltar in a few days time.
This afternoon I could participate in chair aerobics, deck quoits, line dancing, or a lecture on whales and dolphins. Hmmmm - think I'll give them a miss......
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