A Nautical Nomad

Monday 18 August 2025

Ambition cruise 15 August 2025

So, day 4 of my wee sojourn to France and Northern Spain and today is the first landfall after two days at sea.
Today I am in Cherbourg , nice town in Normandy with close connections to the D Day landings an interesting maritime history in particular the Cunard line.

I decided to walk into the town instead of taking the shuttle from the cruise terminal saving four euros and giving me some exercise after two sedentary days at sea, and very limited disco activity.

Some nice wee squares with cafes’ which are very much the French way of life. Sitting having a morning capachino , having ordered, using my vast diction in the French language, learned during my short period of French lessons at secondary school.

The reason for the shortness of the lessons was the fact that the lady French teacher had a mental breakdown , quite possibly occasioned ( or at least not helped) by the fact that one of the guys in the class, who shall remain nameless, and was unnaturally well endowed, had a habit of producing his dick, for some unexplained reason, during French lessons.

Now speaking of the French language, I don’t know if anyone else has noticed but most French people speak very good English but you have to wrestle them to the ground and put them into a headlock to get them to admit it , so they always seem to appreciate an attempt to at least try to converse in French. Some if you might remember my experience in Monti Carlo whilst climbing a virtual cliff face with two pieces of luggage , looking for a hotel and finding every single person in Monti Carlo who could not speak English to ask directions from.

So, sitting here in a streetside cafe with a capachino, expertly ordered, “ une capachino sil vou ple” nay bather🙂
I have found that in a town like this with a range on non descript streets it can be an idea to look out for a church or cathedral where there is generally a range of cafes and small shops. Also generally and for some strange reason the nearby location of the local red light district. Amsterdam being a good example of this, not that I am in any way looking for the red light district. Not at this time of the morning 🙂

Last two days at sea and not realy a lot going on. Disco almost non existent, although there was an attempt at one last night and had a few dances.

So a few photos of the trip so far.