Anyone reading this from the 60s-70s generation might need read no further; you probably get the general idea! Two days home and we’re beginning to adjust. The time changes that happened on board the ship helped a great deal – but not entirely. We seem to be about 3 hours off still, not bad for […]
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Our post-trip Trip
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, travel, Uncategorized
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The Queen Mary 2 takes us home!
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel, Uncategorized
Sorry to be out of touch for so long! We boarded the Queen Mary 2 on June 2 and we haven’t been able to connect (they did have internet but at 50 cents a minute). This morning we watched the sun rise over the Statute of Liberty as we arrived in NY . We are […]
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England
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments · eating, Itinerary, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, Uncategorized
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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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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