Day 10 - Wednesday July 25th

Guernsy (St. Peter Port)  Arrive at 6 am, cruise departs at 5 pm

Completing the Herm Island Walk - Princess Cruise excursion 8 am - 1 pm.

https://www.princess.com/excursion/exDetails.page?tourCode=GCI-385&t=F&exType=S

We were up early and ready to disembark off the cruise ship by 7:15, we took a tender boat to Guernsey, and then a ferry boat to the island of Herm, it's a small island of 65 permanent residents, with many more in the summer. If you live on the island, you are employed by the island. Our tour guide reminded us so much of Carmen our sister in law!!!  We walked along the paths, no vehicles except ATVs/quads and Cushmans. We saw the burial pods/caves in rocks, when a body had decomposed to bones, the bones were removed. Dating back 300 years  before Christ  We walked to a beautiful beach, where Robert was able to dip his toes in the water and we collected some seashells to take home.

Our guide shared more info about the island itself - including recycling, water sources, electricity etc.  We made our way back to the centre, where Robert had a beer and Tracee found a few souvenirs in the little shops and we headed back to the ferry where we said goodbye to our guide Lindsay.

Back in Guernsey, we had an extremely long wait to get back on the ship on the tenders. ,There was quite a bit of congestion in the harbour with three cruise ships so the number of tenders was limited. While standing in line we met a couple from Minneapolis, had had a nice chat while waiting in line and while on the tender. 

Back to the boat and we got ready for formal night, there was glitz and glamour all around...we were a little out of our element. But supper was lovely. Bed by 11:30 as we are off to Ireland tomorrow!!