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Basel& through Switzerland
We were up early, had breakfast & were off the ship by 8.00am. A cold, dark & drizzly morning with a promise of snow. Sure enough as we started clear Basel in the coach we ran into flurries of snow. A novelty for most of us from the Southern Hemisphere. By the time we reached Gruyeres there was quite a bit of snow lying around & lots of us got snap happy. The process of making cheese was well presented & we ended ...
Basel& through Switzerland
We were up early, had breakfast & were off the ship by 8.00am. A cold, dark & drizzly morning with a promise of snow. Sure enough as we started clear Basel in the coach we ran into flurries of snow. A novelty for most of us from the Southern Hemisphere. By the time we reached Gruyeres there was quite a bit of snow lying around & lots of us got snap happy. The process of making cheese was well presented & we ended ...
Cruising from Viviers to Tournon
... talking and laughing as we sailed toward Touron. Then we had a cooking demonstration by our chef. We learned how to make Crepes Suzette. Good and delicious fun. A tour of the kitchen followed. It is amazing that the get all of that wonderful food out of such a small kitchen. A French lesson followed to prepare us for our home hosted dinner in Touron tonight. All 12 of us are going to the same home. The family will never be the same after our ...
23m rise in the lock. Easier than parking in it.
... winter it all closes here. So we tied alongside and headed into town. Closed. All bar one tapas bar (they do tapas very well here). so a semi feed and some wifi. A couple of well earned beers and we arenheading back to red and bed. t least its warmer. We had to use the heater last night. Best 13 euro i ever spent. But with the wind back to the south off the med its much warmer. pics soon i ...
Choranche Caves
... they could head over to Beaune and Venice and we would head over to the Berner Oberland in Switzerland. Unfortunately, the Berner Oberland was not cooperating with this plan as it was raining there for the next week or so. Since our plans involved mountain lifts and hikes, we decided that it was definitely not the time to visit. Instead, we asked if they would mind if we all headed to Venice together and we would take them through Cinque Terre since Tan said she ...