If you're feeling flush, consider the Viking trip from Paris to Normandy along the Seine. Outstanding accommodations, excellent tours, and outstanding food.
We’re doing Dublin -> London -> Normandy -> Paris on this trip. Maybe our next one will be a cruise but my husband wants to take the ferry across the English Channel. We’re working on our buckets lists, too, which is why Ireland (me) and Normandy (husband) are on the itinerary.
I've been to Ireland 18 times from 1985 through 2019, mostly golf trips to all points around the island, but the first two times when I was a 30-somethin' backpacker. And on those golf trips, we always spent as many days touring and meeting people as we did on golf courses.
Ok, now that I see this, we have a friend that went from London, across the channel, then drove from Normandy to Paris, so I'll reach out to him for ideas on hotel stays.
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My Monet’s Garden story. It was return home day and the Garden was on our way back to the Paris airport from Normandy. So we stopped there but it was Monday and it was closed. We went to the wall around the garden and I am just tall enough to peek over the wall. But my wife wasn’t so i literally boosted her up on my knee to get a look. I was much younger then.
There is a Monet immersive experience making its way around the country that is currently at the old armory in Schenectady, NY. My wife and I are planning to go. Last year we went to a Van Gogh immersive experience that was spectacular. It includes a streaming presentation of the artist’s paintings across the walls of a large exhibition hall and then the highlight of the tour, when you don virtual reality goggles and literally move through the artists paintings in what feels like a beautiful dream.
On your Loire Valley trip, see if you can stay a night in or near Amboise, the town where DaVinci took his last breath. Several neat wineries nearby where casks are aged in caves along the hillside. And if you head to Britanny, there is an area there called Carnac that has acres of ancient monoliths in rows. No reason why it isn’t as famous as Stonehedge. Not as symmetrical but hundreds of times bigger an area.
Yes, Amboise is exactly where we plan to stay in the Loire Valley.
He is a very wealthy landowner Who knew.Yes, Amboise is exactly where we plan to stay in the Loire Valley.
Carnac in Brittany??? The BY’s seer certainly does get around….
Nan, visited Normandy on a river cruise from Paris to Normandy and spent a couple extra days in Paris. Highly recommend the river cruise and depending upon the cruise line, it may have a historian provide an overview of the D Day operation. I have taken a number of river cruises and the Seine cruise is my favorite. It hits all the highlights as well as some smaller Gems like Honfleur. It's a relaxing way to see all the sites without a lot of hassle as the tour guides were very knowledgeable.