Typically, cruise ships sail at night, arrive at the designated port of call in the morning, and sail again in the evening. This pattern inspired a limerick.
By cruise ship, we came to Saint-Tropez
And tonight, we are sailing away
It’s the big ship routine
Moving from scene to scene
Where we rarely stay more than a day.
With the ship tied to the pier in Marseille, Laetitia and her group bussed to the small coastal fishing village of Cassis. There they boarded a small excursion boat for a tour of the village’s picturesque coastline. The secluded beaches and rocks were filled with nude sunbathers. The reaction of one member of Laetitia’s tour group inspired the day’s limerick.
On a Cote d’Azure boat ride, Denise
From her husband demanded surcease
From his penchant to stare
At the sunbathers bare
On the rocks near the town of Cassis.
Laetitia’s tour in Barcelona, featured the works of the city’s famous architect, Antoni Gaudi. He had the good fortune of having a wealthy patron that allowed him to indulge his imagination without the usual financial constraints. He was deeply religious and designed Barcelona’s fascinating cathedral, still a work in progress.
Though the architect, Antoni Gaudi
Designed buildings religious not bawdy
As befits his persona
Folks in Barcelona
May view his creations as gaudy.
When Laetitia led a tour group in Valencia, Spain, that included the cathedral, the Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, she was surprised to find on display a chalice identified as the Holy Grail. Contradictory legends abound concerning the Grail that range from those of Arthurian legend to that of Dan Brown’s and these spawned a limerick.
When King Arthur’s knights searched for the Grail
In old England in many a tale
Valencians claim
‘Twas in Rome, then in Spain
So those searches were destined to fail.