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 […]
Entries from May 30th, 2008
England
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments · eating, Itinerary, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, Uncategorized
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Paris, still
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel
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 · 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 […]
Tags: museum