Category: France
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Cruising the Mediterranean, part 1
From Rome, (click here if you missed our previous story) we took a taxi to the Port of Civitavecchia to embark on our Mediterranean Explorer and Atlantic Crossing Cruise aboard Viking Neptune. This was a multi-country cruise with several port stops in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, then an Atlantic Ocean crossing ending in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.…
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A Slight Change in our Itinerary
Nov 22 – Colmar, France Remember in my previous post that I said the best laid plans always have a surprise for you, just to get you stressed and upset? Now here we were in Basel, Switzerland, all excited to embark on the first day of our Rhine River Cruise. Our itinerary began at Basel…
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Bonjour, Paris!
Day 35 & 36 – Aug 23 to 24, 2022 This would be our third visit to Paris in the past two weeks. If you missed my previous posts, click here and here. Our early morning departure from Viking Heimdal and the 2.5 hour TGV train trip back to Paris went very smoothly. This time we were…
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Lyon to Avignon, France
Day 27-33, Aug 16- 22,2022 It was a leisurely 2-hour trip from Paris to Lyon, where we boarded Viking Heimdal. Below is the map of our two combined France cruises. We were now going on the second segment from Lyon to Avignon, cruising on the Rhone River: Lyon, France Lyon is the 3rd largest city…
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Heading back to Paris
Day 25-27, Aug 14-16, 2022 After 2 nights in Rouen, the base for our Normandy Excursion, we set sail early in the morning for our next stop at Les Andelys before returning to Paris. The cruise was now heading upstream on the Seine River, which at 482 miles is the second-longest river in France. It…
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Paris to Normandy
Day 20-25; Aug 9-14, 2022 We are publishing this post today, Nov 11, 2022, with thoughts of all military veterans. To all the veterans out there… we salute you! Thank you for your service and sacrifice! Our flight from Stockholm to Paris was fairly smooth, that is after we spent an hour standing in line…
