In this latest installment, Natalie cruises through the beautiful Cote-du-Rhone region and enjoys another on-board wine-tasting.
In the afternoon, we cruised through the Northern Cote-du-Rhone region. This is by far the best day we have had for weather; it is 75 degrees on the sun deck and everyone made the most of the ever changing scenery by relaxing on the sun deck.
At 15:00 afternoon tea was served and you will be pleased to know that I managed to resist today … purely because I was strong and avoided the main lounge during 15:00 and 16:00. See now, at this point, you think I am bring really good but what I have yet to tell you is that I was saving myself for 16:00!
At 16:00, we had a professional sommelier and wine expert join us in the main lounge for wine tasting. It was a very interactive presentation where all guests were given a quiz sheet and the main lounge had areas where we had to answer questions which included a clind tasting, guessing what flowers and fruits were used for particular wines by smelling some concentrates and of course wine tasting. We tried a variation of wines including, red, white, rose and sparkling. I scored 15 out of 20 which I thought was pretty good.
John the cruise manager gave a talk at 17:30 to run us through the plans tomorrow for the excursion options and to advise that we were due to arrive in Tournon at 18:30 this evening. Dinner is being served at 19:00 so there was a short time to have a look around town if we wanted to before dinner.
After yet another delicious evening meal on-board, we went to the lounge to be serenaded by La Strada – classical musicians. I have seen some of the members of La Strada on-board the Danube and the Seine, so was looking forward to seeing them again. They certainly didn’t disappoint, there were two gentlemen and a lady who played renditions of well-known classical music by violin and guitar. Looking around the lounge, it was clear to see that it was not only me who was enjoying their performance. We were lucky enough to have almost an hour of beautifully played music and on that note (sorry couldn’t resist!) I was off to bed.
