Tag: France
Solo Travel Options Expand, Focus On What Matters
Travel by cruise ship is an efficient way to meet interesting people. In that closed environment, it’s hard not to meet others. When passengers assemble for safety drills, shows and queues, meeting will happen. The bigger the ship, the more opportunity in Read More …
France On Sale Via Limited Time Promos
The tragic November 2015 Paris Attacks were Europe’s worst in over a decade. Over 100 people were lost their lives that Friday the 13th, causing travelers to reconsider visiting the city of light as well as other European destinations. Understandable. Inflow Read More …
Experiencing France In Comfort: Day Touring With Viking
On board Viking Hermod on an itinerary titled Portraits of Southern France, Hotel Director Stephen Burnham was excited about visiting Tournon. “This will be the best day of the cruise,” he told me, promising “The weather will be good, the day Read More …
Experience France In Comfort: Customizable Destinations
Exploring Southern France with Viking River Cruises, the third day of an eight-day itinerary brought us back to Avignon where we had begun just two days earlier. Only briefly becoming oriented to Avignon by those not too jet lagged for Read More …
Experiencing France In Comfort: A Focus On Destinations
Preparing for our Viking River Cruise, themed Portraits of Southern France, we did a great amount of research. In addition to the normal pre-cruise information provided by Viking, we took them up on suggested reading materials too, hoping for an Read More …
Experience France In Comfort: Vikings Come Prepared
Preparing for an 8-day sailing through Southern France with Viking River Cruises, we started early with over a month to go until our summer adventure began. The idea was that by spending a little time each day in focused thought about the trip Read More …
Experience France In Comfort: Viking Longships Bring Easy Embarkation
Continuing our Experience France In Comfort series we take a look back at embarkation on a Viking Longship, how we did it in France and just how easy that was. Viking River Cruises doe a whole lot of things right, Read More …
Experience France In Comfort: Viking Travelers Preview Destinations
Continuing our series on Sailing France In Comfort, I think back to preparing for travel with Viking River Cruises on an itinerary themed Portraits of Southern France. Working hard to prepare for the experience, we took Viking up on their recommended Read More …
Experience France In Comfort: Preparing
Last summer, we sailed with Viking River Cruises from Avignon to Lyon, France on an 8-day river cruise. The Portraits of Southern France itinerary took us to one of the most beautiful parts of the world, at a time of Read More …