Rare island lady Posted March 13 Author #4451 Share Posted March 13 6 hours ago, pstone1 said: We have done that tour and it is fantastic - worth the long drive! Not sure about that particular day though! 😳 Actually had no idea the Olympics were going on there when I booked it. Sigh...still have not visited Paris in our travels, except the airport. 😉 Drats...bad timing. Will see if they cancel it. Otherwise we still want to go, and being RCI tour...should make it back..at some point. 😮 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwich Cruiser Posted March 13 #4452 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, island lady said: Actually had no idea the Olympics were going on there when I booked it. Sigh...still have not visited Paris in our travels, except the airport. 😉 Drats...bad timing. Will see if they cancel it. Otherwise we still want to go, and being RCI tour...should make it back..at some point. 😮 If the tour goes ahead it’s an extremely long day but definitely worth doing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted March 13 #4453 Share Posted March 13 7 hours ago, CSHS1979 said: We're staying on the coast. No way I'm going onto city I think we're going to hire a car as we're in Le Havre overnight. DH is happy to drive on the continent and we've been to France multiple times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted March 13 #4454 Share Posted March 13 7 minutes ago, sgmn said: I think we're going to hire a car as we're in Le Havre overnight. DH is happy to drive on the continent and we've been to France multiple times Beware of the speed cameras. I apparently was caught twice (about 20 minutes apart) near Mont Saint-Michel. That was May 2022. The rental car company charged me (€19.99 x 2) for handing over my info to the authorities, but haven't received anything further. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty52 Posted March 13 #4455 Share Posted March 13 (edited) On 3/10/2024 at 3:53 AM, CSHS1979 said: John's bridge pics finally came in f1c092c44c0d46c9b214504b3c8020a6.mp4 2.41 MB · 0 downloads Edited March 13 by frosty52 Very Cool!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiszBug Posted March 13 #4456 Share Posted March 13 On 3/10/2024 at 11:46 PM, ShazM said: You aren't allowed to take cameras or phones up in case they were to fall onto traffic crossing the bridge below. Looked like John was wearing a GoPro video camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rogueperson Posted March 14 #4457 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 21 hours ago, Another_Critic said: Beware of the speed cameras. I apparently was caught twice (about 20 minutes apart) near Mont Saint-Michel. That was May 2022. The rental car company charged me (€19.99 x 2) for handing over my info to the authorities, but haven't received anything further. I'm always curious about the legal ramifications of this. Speed cameras are charged against the vehicle, not the driver. They are like parking tickets. I hate them because they require you to proof you didn't trigger the speed camera or are automatically guilty. There's also a whole hosts of ramifications on why this is legally gray, because unlike a parking ticket, a vehicle cannot speed by itself and must have someone actually doing it, but you're trying to hold the car and its registered owner responsible for all its actions. This is specifically true here, as a corporation literally cannot drive a vehicle. I always thought the rental company would just charge you the fine and a "service charge" to do so as the rental company would be on the hook for the fine as owner of the vehicle. Edited March 14 by Rogueperson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo&fran Posted March 14 #4458 Share Posted March 14 On 3/13/2024 at 9:35 AM, CSHS1979 said: We're staying on the coast. No way I'm going onto city Good idea. we did that tour on our first TA, and we decided no way would we ever do tour like that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo&fran Posted March 14 #4459 Share Posted March 14 On 3/13/2024 at 10:19 AM, pstone1 said: We have done that tour and it is fantastic - worth the long drive! Not sure about that particular day though! 😳 I guess some like it. Maybe it is better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo&fran Posted March 14 #4460 Share Posted March 14 22 hours ago, sgmn said: I think we're going to hire a car as we're in Le Havre overnight. DH is happy to drive on the continent and we've been to France multiple times At least you drive on thee right side of the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted March 14 #4461 Share Posted March 14 17 minutes ago, mo&fran said: At least you drive on thee right side of the road. My past couple of pre or post cruise stays have been in the UK. Next are in Spain and Italy. It's going to be weird driving overseas on the right side of the road. --------- I had taken several trips to the UK and Ireland. My next trip was to Denmark; picked up the rental car, came to a stop sign to make a left turn. Thinking to myself: I'm suppose to go the right side of the road after I turn, right? 😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted March 14 #4462 Share Posted March 14 49 minutes ago, mo&fran said: I guess some like it. Maybe it is better now. We did it more than 10 years ago. Yes, we enjoyed it. We had a fantastic lunch with plenty of wine on a lovely cruise down the River, and also saw the major sites in Paris. We probably won’t go back to Paris, so I’m glad we went. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 14 Author #4463 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, pstone1 said: We did it more than 10 years ago. Yes, we enjoyed it. We had a fantastic lunch with plenty of wine on a lovely cruise down the River, and also saw the major sites in Paris. We probably won’t go back to Paris, so I’m glad we went. When I booked, we expected that type of experience. Now....though I no idea when I booked it...was the summer Olympics going on. If I had known, I would not have booked the tour. Though I have a feeling this tour may be cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted March 14 #4464 Share Posted March 14 On 3/13/2024 at 4:26 PM, island lady said: Actually had no idea the Olympics were going on there when I booked it. Sigh...still have not visited Paris in our travels, except the airport. 😉 My first dozen or so trips to "Paris" were plane changes in CDG. Business trips to Europe always went through there. I Never had a chance to leave the airport. Finally, I took a train from Brussels to CDG and stayed at the Sheraton in the airport overnight before a morning flight the next day. I got to the hotel around 4:00pm and asked the concierge about seeing the city in a couple of hours. He had obviously been asked this before as he pulled out a map and gave me directions for a whirlwind tour. Take this train then that metro to this stop. Go up and see Notre Dame. Go back down in the Metro and take this line x stops. Go up and see the Eiffel Tower. I saw all of the big highlights in about 3 hours, never looking at one thing for more than about 5 minutes. I felt like Chevy Chase looking at the Grand Canyon in National Lampoon's Vacation. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#55worktoplay Posted March 14 #4465 Share Posted March 14 On 3/10/2024 at 11:03 PM, ringers0815 said: Yes Me too. The spelling of your name gave me a clue 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted March 15 #4466 Share Posted March 15 2 hours ago, island lady said: When I booked, we expected that type of experience. Now....though I no idea when I booked it...was the summer Olympics going on. If I had known, I would not have booked the tour. Though I have a feeling this tour may be cancelled. If you have to find something else, we took a fantastic (private) tour to Normandy with Overlord Tours. I think there were 8 of us so it was easy to organize. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted March 15 #4467 Share Posted March 15 On 3/13/2024 at 7:32 PM, CruiszBug said: Looked like John was wearing a GoPro video camera? Photo pkg by tour operator 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted March 15 #4468 Share Posted March 15 (edited) John made it to the reef Edited March 15 by CSHS1979 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njkruzer Posted March 15 #4469 Share Posted March 15 When we went to the reef area on the Radiance the seas were so rough we had trouble getting off and onto the tour boat. We didn't go into the water but saw it from the glass bottom boat. Had trouble getting back on the ship also. Glad it worked for John. Looks calm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted March 15 #4470 Share Posted March 15 9 hours ago, CSHS1979 said: John made it to the reef! Glad John made it to the Great Barrier Reef! Thanks for sharing these photos! I had no idea this vessel is what you would find when you got there. What a setup! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted March 15 #4471 Share Posted March 15 14 hours ago, pstone1 said: Glad John made it to the Great Barrier Reef! Thanks for sharing these photos! I had no idea this vessel is what you would find when you got there. What a setup! John says people live on it as well 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted March 15 #4472 Share Posted March 15 A few underwater pics from the reef. Most were junk🤣 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted March 15 #4473 Share Posted March 15 Wow that is a big dive boat! Not sure that is a good thing. When we dove on the GBR I think there were 8 of us max. 🤣 On the upside, getting in and out of the water looks awfully easy. Kind of perfect for a snorkel tour. Wish I was there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted March 17 #4474 Share Posted March 17 Sushi Class. First timer.🤣 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted March 17 #4475 Share Posted March 17 3 hours ago, CSHS1979 said: Sushi Class. First timer.🤣 Great photos Laura! Thanks for sharing! Although we eat at Izumi often, we have never taken the sushi making class. It looks like John had fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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