So many people ask about this subject, I feel it deserves a bit of explanation and a bit of our life since moving to France. First of all, I am half French, a product of WWII. Which means I have…
California Trip Part 2
So our trip was really divided into two segments. The first to get settled in, see my best friend, Jan’s sister, and do the funeral. But being in CA also means getting to see your grandsons. That is alway a…
California Adventure always begins and ends in Paris
So after being home from our Viking Riverboat Cruise for 4 ( YES 4 days) days, we were off to Paris getting ready to fly to Los Angeles. Not really part of the big plan when laying our our travel…
Viking River Cruise, would I do again. YES
We had stayed away from cruises in that we generally do not like orchestrated tours and crowds. But this ship with only 198 passengers was fine. Seems like groups broke down to about the size of 10-15 people. The tours…
Finally on the Rhine,Viking Gefjon
We have traveled on the Danube and the Main Rivers, plus a short canal connecting to the Rhine. Today, we will pass by over 50 castles. I have to say this is one of the most relaxing vacations I have…
Melk, Passau, Regensburg, three of our favorites
So, we visited 13 cities including Budapest, where we started. Vienna had to be our favorite of all, and we will return there by plane in the near future. Simply not enough time on a cruise to really see the…
Just a break from the travel pictures, us and boat
We really enjoyed the cruise very much, the friends, activities, relaxation, staff, everything. Our room was a veranda suite with living room and bedroom, a full balcony off LR and French balcony off the separate BR.
Budapest to Amsterdam, the second part of the trip
As I have stated earlier this was a long trip, over 14 Days, but we enjoyed every bit of the trip and started making some new friends. Our little “gang” started meeting at the bar around the same time in…
14 Days, 12 Cities on the Cruise
This was a long time to be on the ship, but the time just flew as we did most of the traveling at night and spent the days visiting different areas, plus some great daytime cruising as well. I will…
Budapest Part 2
After exploring the Buda side of the river, our second day took us to the Pest side. Much newer, some great spots, but first a bit of a warning. There are 7 different Hop on Hop Off bus lines in…