We are currently sitting in the Gare du Nord train station waiting for our train to London in a hour or so. There’s a nice lounge for first class travelers (which we’re doing for comfort and the meal!) with connection. So here’s just a few pictures from our few days in Paris. From London, this […]
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Paris
May 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
We had a great first day in Paris. It was part of the river cruise tour so we spent the afternoon and evening with people from that cruise. We went on the organized tour of Versailles. We had not been there before as about 10 years ago when we came to Paris, there had been […]
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River Cruising in France
March 12th, 2015 · No Comments
I noticed a new posting by a great travel site, Gonomad, on river cruising in 2015. In 2008, hubby and I took a river cruise in France with the Avalon company. It was our first river cruise, and part of our four month sabbatical. And the most expensive part of our sabbatical, and a bit […]
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4 days, 4 museums, 4 inches of rain
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s taken me more than 4 days to get organized to get this posted! Last week, hubby and I enjoyed four museums in as many days (and I want you to know this isn’t a record as we’ve done this many in one day in Paris!). First we went over to Williamstown MA to see […]
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England
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
We had a great train ride through the Chunnel from Paris to London. It’s actually a rather “boring” ride in terms of the scenery (and at least 1/2 hour is spent in the tunnel). We enjoyed first class and were served a nice luncheon type meal while enjoying cozy seats. I was worried about my […]
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