Trips, Pics, and Tales

It's our last day of our river cruise, and boy have we seen and done so much!  Here we are, back in Paris, where we began! I love that Avalon includes a full day here as part of the itinerary.  This is great for those who can't build an extra day or two into the trip at the beginning or the end of their vacation. While, sure you could spend days here and not even touch the surface of this city, at least with a full day of touring with the cruise line, you see the highlights! We had a full day in store for us today, as we pretty much did every day! Today there were quite a few options to choose from, which was great. In the morning, we could choose either a Walking Tour of Paris, or a panoramic bus tour with a few photo stops. This gave everyone on board an option, depending on just how active they wanted to be. And of course, you could just decide to go off on your own too if that's what you would like!  Carol and I decided on the Walking Tour of Paris. It was alrea

Well, to say life got busy may be the biggest understatement ever! I'm not sure just how my last update to this wonderful trip was back in November, and here it is, the beginning of February!  I'm sorry about that, and I hope that someone is still interested in reading about it and seeing some pictures because there are still some stories to share! Picking up where we left off....Carol and I just spent the day at Versailles and were heading back to the ship for dinner. Tonight would be our Farewell Gala Dinner!  Even though it wasn't the last night on board.  This is because tomorrow night, our last night, we'd be docked in Paris and many passengers would have other plans!  The dinner was great, and by now we had settled into a nice friendship with several passengers and we enjoyed our meals together.  As we were eating dinner, we sailed into Paris.  How beautiful! As everyone was ooohhinngg and aaahing at the first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower,