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Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Viviers-du-Lac June 30th 2016

Same same but different. Breakfast then onto another bus to visit a truffle farm. Oops, forgot our listening devices so had to bolt back to the ship to get them. Then we start and our tour guide has a distinct American twang. Explains she came to France as a young girl, met a Frenchman and married him, now 30 years later she is our French speaking American tour guide. She starts off by saying that we will have a lovely tour of the Lavendar farm (another option that we didn't choose). Oh oh, did we get the wrong bus somehow. Then in the next breath she tells us that the truffle farm is a fantastic place to visit. At the same time, one of the buses turns righ and we keep going. She then tells us ... read more

Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Viviers-du-Lac July 11th 2012

This morning we enjoyed a cool, quiet, lovely walking tour of this charming peaceful village. We walked to the smallest cathedral in all France. The difference between a cathedral and a church is that a bishop sits in a cathedral but not in a church. This cathedral has a marvelous organ and we were treated to a concert by the organist. We returned to the boat in time for lunch. After lunch they had a tour for the afternoon to lavender fields but we chose to stay on board because we already saw the lavender fields during our Sunday tour with Jane of Experience Provence. Jim and I went to the top deck and I read from some books on dining and shopping in Paris as well as upcoming burgundy wineries. The weather and scenerie were ... read more
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