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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sabbatical trip'
Paris, still
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel
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Paris
May 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
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 Rhone and Saone
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · eating, Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel, Uncategorized
Goodness, that was a long stretch without posting, wasn’t it? Hope you are all checking back in! We have just arrived in Paris from a week cruising on the river Rhone and Soane. This is the boat when we arrived in Arles. It was a small boat holding only about 125 people with, best we […]
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Nice is nice (sorry, couldn’t resist)
May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
Our next to last day in Nice. Tomorrow we transfer from the current hotel we’re in a block or two away to the hotel that is the official start of our “Flavors of Burgendy & Provence†River cruise. We’re having second thoughts (and that’s all they can be!) and hoping we enjoy being with a […]
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Bonjour Francia!
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
We arrived last night from Figueres Spain to Nice France! It took about 7 hours total. We went Figueres to Montpellier, changed trains and then Montpellier to Nice. We had quite a moment when we went to track D and waited patiently only to have Rich observe that no-one else was on the platform. He […]
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