Bon Voyage
My lovely maman is boarding a plane tomorrow to take a dream trip; she and Mary are flying to France to spend a few days in Paris, then board a riverboat cruise along the Seine River from Paris to Le Havre.
On the way, they’ll stop daily at several charming ports throughout Normandy – Conflans, Giverny, Rouen, Honfleur, and finally will come ashore at Le Havre, where the Americans landed at D-Day to turn the tide of World War II.
Mom invited my sister and I to join them, but the trip was beyond our budget this year. And, honestly, of all the destinations on my long, long list, France is nowhere near the top (except alphabetically).
I wish them safe travels and a fabulous trip!
July 9th, 2008
Jeri, tons of the great destinations on your list, but I was a bit dumbfounded by “England,France – the Channel Tunnel”. You might have a misconception of what that tunnel is, unless sitting on a train while it traverses a long dark passage for half an hour holds some expecial excitement for you…
July 9th, 2008
Go Mom and Mary! Have a fabulous trip!
July 9th, 2008
Ilya – the interesting thing about the Channel tunnel is not the tunnel itself. While Janiece is a fangirl of science, I am a fangirl of engineering (which makes me a fangirl of Janiece, but that’s a different story). What I’d really like to see, and am not at all likely to, is a behind-the-scenes engineering and operational tour of the channel tunnel. I consider it one of the engineering wonders of the world.
July 9th, 2008
I admit I have no idea if a tour like that even exists, Jeri. A quick googling of “channel tunnel tour” did not produce anything more relevant than booking tickets for the Channel train. And after crossing the tunnel a couple of dozen times, it’s like being in the subway between stations…
You see a lot more in the Montblanc tunnel between Italy and France. Not the behind-the-scenes engineering stuff, though, I fear…
July 9th, 2008
I’d imagine that in today’s age of homeland security and terrorist threats, that type of tour or operational information would not be readily available. It’s too bad, it would be fascinating.
Reading David McCullough’s Path Between the Seas, a history of the building of the Panama Canal, is riveting. It’s another monumental achievement for its time.
November 10th, 2008
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