CRUISE Day 1-2: Brest --> Belle-Île

We took a Kristina Cruises (http://www.kristinacruises.com) trip on September 1 - 8, 2007. On Saturday the 1st, we flew from Helsinki, Finland to Brest, France, where we boarded the ship. Sunday the 2nd was spent in Belle-Île ('Beautiful Island') off the coast of France.

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01 Helsinki airport, getting ready to..
...board our plane (Tepa is looking at it through the window).

02 Plane arrived in Brest, France.

03 Boarding the ship in Brest.

04 Getting ready to leave Brest.

05 On board.

06 Captain about to review safety...
... procedures.

07 Boarding the lifeboats.
In the morning as we arrived in Belle-Île, we had to get on shore...

08 Tepa watching the lifeboats.

09 One of our boats going, another one..
...coming back. Took quite a few trips to get everyone on shore.

10 We made it onto the boat...
... but it was scary because of the waves.

11 Heading to Le Palais, the capital of
..the island.

12 On the lifeboat.

13 Approaching Le Palais.

14 Le Palais harbor.

15 Le Palais harbor.

16 Le Palais.

17 Le Palais.

18 Visiting some cliffs on the island.

19 The cliffs.

20 The cliffs.

21 The cliffs.

22 Down below.

23 Great danger!

24 A definite photo moment.

25 Very steep!

26 Don't go too near the edge!

27 Belle-Île nature.

28 Belle-Île nature.

29 Belle-Île

30 Exploring the nature.

31 Sarah Bernhardt's castle.

32 She was a famous French actress.

33 One of Sarah Bernhardt's buildings.

34 Rocks.

35 Rocks.

36 Outskirts of Sauzon, a liitle town
... on the island of Belle-Île.

37 Homes near Sauzon.

38 Sauzon harbor.

39 Too little water!

40 Sauzon.

41 Sauzon.

42 Sauzon.

43 A boat without water.

44 Sauzon harbor.

45 Sauzon.

46 Beautiful colors.

47 A church in Sauzon.

48 Sauzon.

49 Sauzon.

50 Back to Le Palais.

51 Le Palais.

52 Tepa in Le Palais.

53 Seagull.

54 Seagull.

55 Seagulls in the harbor.

60 Le Palais harbor.

61 Entrance to the harbor.

62 On board our ship.

CRUISE Day 1-2: Brest --> Belle-Île

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