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Guernsey Island was the first port of call for the Caribbean Princess and the first stop at which we had to be tendered to shore.

 
   
   
   
 

Most of out company chose to take the Guernsey Island Drive, a bus tour of the island.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

The Little Chapel is a small chapel in Saint Andrew, Guernsey, situated in Les Vauxbelets. It was created in July, 1914, by Brother Déodat. He planned to create a miniature version of the grotto and basilica at Lourdes, the Rosary Basilica. It has been said that it "is the smallest functioning chapel in Europe, if not the world", and it is "believed to be the world’s smallest consecrated church.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

A few of us chose to tour the island on bicycles. A little exercise was fun.

 
   
 

Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the French Revolutionary Wars onwards.

 
 

Our guide showed us an ancient burial chamber. Creepy!

 
   
   
   
 

Guernsey Island was occupied by the Germans during WWII and has a museum to remember the experience.

 
   
 

The Underground Hospital was the largest construction in the Channel Islands, hewn out of solid rock by slaves of many nationalities for the German forces 1940-1945.

 
   
   
   
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