We arrived very early into Ajaccio, the sun shining on the stone buildings around the port. A delicious breakfast and we were on our way to explore a little bit of Corsica. The first thing we saw was a big, yellow, double decker, open-top bus offering Ajaccio Sightseeing Tour, so we hopped aboard, to the top of the bus and off we went. The streets were very busy with lots of people shopping at the Saturday market, and we soon realised that nearly everything is named after Napoleon, who was born here. There are streets, restaurants, buildings etc all named after him, and enormous statues all around the town, on nearly every street corner. We were soon out of the town and along the coast road with beautiful sandy beaches and crystal clear sea, next to us. We went past a cemetery where every family has its own burial 'house', we found this very unusual. We had a short photo stop and then returned to the town. We walked through the market and found a typical street cafe for our morning coffee. Another couple of hours exploring around the backstreets of Ajaccio, which is what we enjoy, then back onto the ship for a late lunch.
Ever since we first saw our allocated cabin on board Oceana, we have been very disappointed as we had two bunk beds and two more stacked away above us, and very poor decoration and furniture. For several days we have been asking to be moved and today our wish has come true and we now have the most gorgeous, double bedded light and airy stateroom so we are very pleased and believe that we now have exactly what we were promised.
Having sorted out our new stateroom and had a bit of a rest, we had our usual hot tub and another lovely dinner. We then went to watch the resident dancers 'The Headliners Theatre Company' giving their performance School Dayz, dancing and singing to The Monkees, Madness, Bay City Rollers, Kylie and many others. A brilliant and very slick performance which we thoroughly enjoyed.
