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Day 11 (Oct 12th): Saint Germain en Laye
Today would be the departure day of our trip. We woke up at 3:30am to get our luggage ready for a 4:30am pickup. After which we spent time in the ship’s lounge area to wait for a taxi that would ...
Day 10 (Oct 11th): Saint Germain en Laye
According to our travel brochure, we were supposed to dock at Conflan today, but for whatever reason, we were docked at Le Pecq again. In the morning I went to a tour of Conflan, thinking I would...
Day 9 (Oct 10th): Les Andelys
We docked at Les Andelys in the morning, to visit Chateau Gaillard’s ruins. It was a long walk up a steep hill, and there were many elderly guests, so our guide (who happened to be our program di...
Day 8 (Oct 9th): Rouen
Today we had a full-day excursion to the Normandy beaches. I’d expected it to be physically exhausting, but it was actually an easier day than previous ones, because we mostly just sit in a bus a...
Day 7 (Oct 8th): Rouen
Today we spent the day in the Medieval city of Rouen. We had a late day - the day started at 10, when we took a walking tour through the Medieval part of the city. It was a long walking tour, tho...
Day 6 (Oct 7th): Vernon
We were supposed to spend a whole day in Vernon, but the lock masters of France decided that they were going to have a strike the next day, so we needed to hurry down to the next port Rouen befor...
Day 5 (Oct 6th): Saint Germain en Laye
Today was a whole day in Paris day with the cruise proper. We didn’t sleep well (probably still adjusting to sleeping on the boat?) and we woke up at 7:30. La Professeure slept in, but I got brea...
Day 4 (Oct 5th): Paris
This was the day we board our ship, and the bus would pick us up at 12:30 to go to the port. However, since we hadn’t packed and did not sleep well the previous night (and the fact I watched Matc...
Day 3 (Oct 4th) Paris
Originally I had planned to go to Orsay museum in the morning, stroll through the Tuillerie garden, Madaleine church, and the Opera Garner in the afternoon, and then catch the sunset on the Eiffe...
Day 2 (Oct 3rd): Paris
We woke up early to catch the guided walking tour included in our cruise. An 8:30 breakfast (it’s a fancy hotel and the breakfast had everything from crepes to scrambled eggs and cereals) and a 9...
Day 1 (Oct 2nd): New York
Our flight was at 11:30pm, so we had all day to pack. We both took the whole day off, so we were not rushed. I think we were done about two hours before the airport shuttle showed up. I had lied...
