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Paris, Day 3

Posted on April 4, 2026 by patmathews

April 4, 2026 After walking 16000 steps and climbing many stairs yesterday, today we opted for the Big Bus tour of Paris. Last night’s dinner was a light one – we ate in the bar – L’Officine du Louvre. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Paris in the Spring

Posted on April 3, 2026 by patmathews

April 3, 2026 We seemed to catch up on our sleep overnight. I was up for a couple of hours but then slept until 7:30 and Norm had a good sleep too. So we had breakfast in the hotel and … Continue reading →

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Paris, France

Posted on April 2, 2026 by patmathews

April 2, 2026 After a very uneventful airport experience and flight, we arrived in Paris on time at 7:30 AM. We already had TSA precheck and I read that there is now a touchless TSA precheck so we both enrolled. … Continue reading →

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Heading to France…Again!

Posted on March 27, 2026 by patmathews

As many of you know, we had to leave our river cruise to France last spring for medical reasons after we almost finished the first part in and around Bordeaux (that part is already on the blog.) We are returning … Continue reading →

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Two sea days on the way back to Miami

Posted on January 3, 2026 by patmathews

January 2 and 3, 2025 We are having a relaxing time on board as we complete the final two days of our trip. What a pleasure to travel with Adam, Mark and Ramsay. We had the usual sea day activities … Continue reading →

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

Posted on January 3, 2026 by patmathews

January 1, 2026 Happy New Year! You will get a few posts in a row because I was unable to load photos for a while. I am doing this one on January 3. We had a great time at the … Continue reading →

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St. John’s, Antigua

Posted on January 3, 2026 by patmathews

December 31, 2025 This is our fourth visit to Antigua and as much as we love the island and have done a lot of exploring here, we opted to relax on board during the day since we booked a sunset … Continue reading →

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Roseau, Dominica

Posted on December 30, 2025 by patmathews

December 30, 2025 First of all, here are the pictures of Mark’s birthday dinner in Polo last night. They finally uploaded. We spent time in Dominica last year and had a full day tour. So today, we explored the town, … Continue reading →

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Kingstown, St. Vincent

Posted on December 30, 2025 by patmathews

December 29, 2025 This is an island we have not visited before. We had an excursion planned but when we read the full description of it, we decided to cancel and book the new culinary class on board. Here is … Continue reading →

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Bridgetown, Barbados

Posted on December 29, 2025 by patmathews

December 28, 2025 Since we have been to Barbados many times (you can search previous posts if you are headed there and want ideas), we just chose to take a walk off the ship today. But first I took a … Continue reading →

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