After the warmest November since 1985, today the weather turned just as I was about to set foot on the ferry back to the mainland! I don’t like boats at the best of times, but when it’s rough, I’m a wreck (whilst hoping that I won’t become one – literally!).
The only thing that helped to divert me was the fact that I would be travelling on the Jean Nicoli, the new SNCM ferry. I say ‘new’ because this was the first time it had made the crossing from Propriano to Marseille and also because it had a spanking new pain job, but I’d been told that it was actually an old Greek boat that SNCM had bought and tarted up. This didn’t help to allay my fears...
The ship had quite a Greek feel still – most of the paintings and prints are of Greek villages and scenery, and even the signs are in Greek as well as French which was probably just as well because Greek is all Greek to me!
Actually, the boat was pretty swish and has a nice bar area and seating areas that reminded me of river cruise ships. The restaurant was nice if a little pricey and there was a shop which was more like an airport shop with magazines, souvenirs and most importantly, chocolate!
There is also a mini-Casino, self service restaurant, snack bar, kids play area and an internet corner (closed) which were all closed, but to be fair there were only about 9 cars on board so there really wasn’t much call for the extra facilities.
The only thing that helped to divert me was the fact that I would be travelling on the Jean Nicoli, the new SNCM ferry. I say ‘new’ because this was the first time it had made the crossing from Propriano to Marseille and also because it had a spanking new pain job, but I’d been told that it was actually an old Greek boat that SNCM had bought and tarted up. This didn’t help to allay my fears...
The ship had quite a Greek feel still – most of the paintings and prints are of Greek villages and scenery, and even the signs are in Greek as well as French which was probably just as well because Greek is all Greek to me!
Actually, the boat was pretty swish and has a nice bar area and seating areas that reminded me of river cruise ships. The restaurant was nice if a little pricey and there was a shop which was more like an airport shop with magazines, souvenirs and most importantly, chocolate!
There is also a mini-Casino, self service restaurant, snack bar, kids play area and an internet corner (closed) which were all closed, but to be fair there were only about 9 cars on board so there really wasn’t much call for the extra facilities.
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