One full day, sailing South West getting warmer as we go and beginning to feel like a holiday. Despite its bad press, breakdowns, collisions with Argentinian harbour walls the MSC Opera is not half bad. Not half good either, when compared with the “Independence of the Seas” that we sailed on last year. Like it or not, the Americans know how to do customer service, and entertainment. The “Opera” is clean and well kept but somehow the food and the service, while adequate, doesn't quite match the genuine 5 star rating of the Independence. It's been said before, but I think they suffer slightly from doing everything in 5 languages, causing it to all be a bit “rushed” for my liking. That said, if you want a “multicultural experience” the Opera is for you.
La Rochelle was only memorable for the industrial harbour that you land at, where you are “carted around in buses surrounded by.........” In fact I remember very little of note in La Rochelle, apart from three defensive towers, a craft market, and a very pleasant Frenchman with immaculate English that sold us a lovely bracelet, sorting out at least part of the annual “what am I going to buy for a birthday present for Vicki?” nightmare.
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