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Basel& through Switzerland
... The old town was quite charming with twisting streets & some nice shops. We were happy to get back on the coach into the warm for the next stage of our journey through Switzerland. I think we all enjoyed the novelty of the snow covered hills & fields. We soon passed back into France & stopped at a service centre for a break as we drove out of the Rhone Alps. As we descended down out of the hills we left the ...
Basel& through Switzerland
... The old town was quite charming with twisting streets & some nice shops. We were happy to get back on the coach into the warm for the next stage of our journey through Switzerland. I think we all enjoyed the novelty of the snow covered hills & fields. We soon passed back into France & stopped at a service centre for a break as we drove out of the Rhone Alps. As we descended down out of the hills we left the ...
Avignon to Viviers
Sunday, October 21, 2012 Avignon/City tour/French cooking lesson/Viviers After another delicious breakfast, we had a scheduled guided tour of Avignon. our boat arrived here at about midnight last night. What a change from our previous locales. Suddenly back in medieval times when we look out at the walls of Avignon, the City of Popes. As we were standing in front of the Cathedral and Popes Palace the bells began to ...
23m rise in the lock. Easier than parking in it.
... elevator ride later and we are through. tronger current as it is a man made section. At times today we were back to 2 knots. Which meant a hard motor the last stretch to the pretty town of Viviers. Viviers is on the section or the rhone that is gorge and the town is nestled among big rocks. pretty. damn quiet though. the marina has all its pontoons lifted to stop them being damaged by ice ...
Wimped out of the kayaking. Caroline
... days due to the rain from the past 2 days. I asked the guy at he kayaking stall how fast flow the rapids would be and he said very, which did nothing to stem my concern. Tim persuaded me that it was something we really needed to do to enjoy the area which I agreed with but was nervous. Our set off time was 2 pm......... Then at 1pm the thunder returned and more rain. So , ...