(Sorry about all the sideways pictures on the first iteration of this post. I have to stop drinking.) The bittersweet last …
Avignon…and on…
The penultimate stop on our cruise was the city of Avignon - home of the "Multi-Pope Experience". (Surely you all remember when …
Viviers and Truffle Snuffling
We've sailed on to the port of Viviers (not so much 'port' as 'boat ramp'), another picturesque medieval village in the Rhone …
Ex-cursion
Indulge me in a bit of time-travel. On Day 2 of our enforced stay in Lyon, while most passengers were being bussed 4 hours to …
Chocolate!
Day One of the Real Cruise. We docked at Tain-L'Hermitage and Tournon, two towns spanning the Rhone River, both known for their …
Lyon, City of Lights
Competition between cities seems to exist in every country, every culture. Lyon, which can really stand on its own as a center of …
Lying Around Lyon
Laying... Lying... You figure it out. We ended up staying two days in Lyon due to the high water on the Soane River. And just in …
Cruise Control
After a roller-coaster ride across the Atlantic (WHEE!!! Wait...how many more hours of this??? Umm.. whee...?) we landed in …
RCJ Column #10 (the last one!) Paris
(Published in the Rapid City Journal on Sunday, July 12, 2009) Getting Around Paris: Bikes, Boats and Baguettes. You can …
L’incidente
It was definitely too good to last. Despite mysterious international electricity suppliers, confounding network connections and …