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Tag: France

Marvellous Marseille

Posted on May 25, 2022June 4, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up this morning at around 7.30am to find ourselves docked in the port of Marseille. We had never visited this part of France before, so we’d booked a half-day excursion. Looking across from our balcony, we were intrigued by the sight of a huge cathedral on top of a steep hill; we hoped we…

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So Nice in Nice

Posted on May 24, 2022June 1, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up around 8.00am as usual to see that the Azamara Pursuit was just getting ready to dock in Nice. The last time we’d been to Nice was in 2011, when we’d flown in to join sister ship Azamara Journey, where we did a four-night cruise culminating in the Monaco F1 Grand Prix. It was…

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Roaming in Rouen

Posted on August 13, 2019March 27, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Didn’t get up until 9.00 this morning as all the late nights were starting to catch up with me.  Instead, I just took advantage of the tea- and coffee-making facilities in our cabin, and just got washed and dressed while perusing today’s daily programme.  As the Balmoral had already docked on the Seine in Rouen…

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The D-Day Beaches at Normandy

Posted on August 12, 2019March 27, 2022 by bollingerbabe

“They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.” — President Franklin D. Roosevelt “And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred.” — Winston Churchill We got up about 8.20 this morning and went to have our…

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Bonjour de la belle France!

Posted on May 5, 2015April 3, 2022 by bollingerbabe

When we woke up this morning at 8 o’clock, we were already docked in Le Havre, France.  A quick glance out of the window showed that the skies were grey and cloudy once again; indeed there was a sprinkling of rain.  Docked up alongside us and towering over everything like an ugly behemoth was the…

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Plebs in St. Tropez :-)

Posted on May 28, 2011April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

This morning we woke up early to find the Journey at anchor at the millionaires’ playground, St. Tropez, or Saint-Trop as the French nickname it.  As usual, the weather was warm and sunny.  We had not been to St-Trop before so we were looking forward to exploring this gorgeous piece of coastline. Once we’d disembarked the liberty…

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Nice in Nice

Posted on May 26, 2011July 14, 2022 by bollingerbabe

It’s holiday time again folks – this time a four-day mini-cruise around the French and Italian Riviera, ultimately finishing up at Monaco for the Formula 1 Grand Prix. 🙂 We set off at 4.00am to drive to Newcastle Airport for our flight down to Heathrow, then subsequently to Nice on the Côte d’Azur, the “millionaires’…

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