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Well, I won't have any pictures for this post until I get to Venice (or at home?) because the computers on the ship are internet only! Only the keyboard and a monitor are accessible at each station, with no USB access, so I can't access the photos on my camera. I will have to update the post with the photos at a later date. I will also make sure to take a number of photos on my phone as we go on, so that I will have pictures to post on my upcoming shore visits.

The lovely town of Seyne ser Mer is east of Marseilles on the French Riviera. Our tour went inland to  the Domaine Souviou vineyard that straddles two wine appellaions (regions), Bandol and Cote de Provence. We tasted their three Bandol varieties (white, rose & red), Bandol rose wines are the most famous of their varieties. As I try more and different wines, I am really beginning to appreciate the less sweet whites and rose types. This winery's rose was really nice, a perfect summer afternoon wine. They also have 6000 olive trees and produce three varieties of extra virgin olive oil which we also got to taste. A couple of their trees are estimated at over a thousand years old!

We then drove to the walled, hilltop village of Castellet, where we were shown the old church and an arched doorway in the wall called the women's window with a railed ledge with a beautiful view across the whole valley. We then had an hour to explore the small streets and shops on our own before the return trip to Seyne ser Mer and the ship.

Well here are the photos. I'm going to have to figure out a plan for if I don't have computer access on future trips.