31 March 2018

Escale à Sète - The Tallships

Thursday at the Escale was my day to visit the Tallships! Les Grands Voiliers!

My first visit of the morning was The Giant, The 17-story high Russian Monster, known as The Kruzenshtern! (To read more, click here)
Kruzenshtern and El Galeón Andalucía



Some of the 257 crew members


I'm sure they have to occasionally climb up...











A long way up

A long way down

El Galeón, a reproduction of a Spanish Galleon from the 17th century, was right next door! Read more about it here. Read more about Galleons here.














The tour included the below-deck areas too - this is the officer's area, and a cabin



After these two, I grabbed a bite to eat, then went on to another Russian! The Shtandart is a reproduction of a much older (1703) and smaller (34 meters long) frigate. Read more here.






















My final visit of the day was on La Grâce, a ship from the Czech Republic (which is landlocked, and has no seaport!). Read more here.