Category: World Travels
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Life On And Along the Nile River- Upper Egypt
Days 46 -50; Sept 3-7, 2022 For this post I decided to take a break from talking about temples, tombs, pharaohs and queens. Instead I’ll share scenery of life on the river, along the river and on board the ship as we cruised upper Egypt for five days. We did make stops at Qena, Esna,…
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Tombs That Left Us In Awe – West Bank, Luxor
Day 46 – Sept 3, 2022 Our program director/Egyptologist Mohamed had us on the bus by 8:00am for a full day of adventure, and with a predicted high of 107º we knew it was going to be a hot one. We were reminded to bring water, hats, sturdy shoes, sunglasses, and to lather up with…
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From The Air And On The Ground – Luxor, Egypt
Day 44-45; Sept 1-2, 2022 It was only a one-hour flight from Cairo to Luxor, and we were happy to arrive to calm and quiet. What a difference the two destinations make. It was striking, where Cairo was loud, frantic and overwhelmed by locals, Luxor welcomed us with empty streets and serenity. Yes! We were…
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The Bad, the Good and the Great – Cairo, Egypt
For those counting: Day 41 – 43; Aug 29-30, 2022 August 29th was another move day – onward to from Jerusalem to Cairo where we would begin our final river cruise. Repacking every few days, especially when one needs to have clothes for the cold of Iceland as well as the heat of Egypt, is…
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Experiencing Jerusalem
Can it be 2023 already? It seems like not so long ago we were sweating it out in the Middle East. And now I’m sweating again as I try to recall, reminisce and review our visit in Israel, Egypt and Jordan – the last segment of our summer travels. So where were we? Day 37-40;…
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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…
