Day One Hundred Sixty-Four - June 18 This is the second time we have stopped in this quaint French town at the northern point of France near the entrance to the River Seine. Honfleur is directly across the river from La Havre. There has been no change in the lumber pallets on the pier in the 12 days since we were here last. I learned that the town is one of the distribution ports for Scandinavian lumber in Europe. A shuttle bus is running every fifteen minu...

Day One Hundred Fifty-Five June 9 I have combined our two days in Bordeaux under one blog. Safely back on the ship we arrive in Le Verdon France where one ship tour is available "Medoc Vineyards & Bordeaux". Anyone interested is this tour would get off the ship and meet Insignia later that day in Bordeaux. This tour was not for us. Except for a few passengers, Insignia was moored in Le Verdon until our 11:45 departure. This I assume was due to the low tide...

Day One Hundred Fifty-Five June 9 Safely back on the ship we arrive in Le Verdon France where one ship tour is available "Medoc Vineyards & Bordeaux". Anyone interested is this tour would get off the ship and meet Insignia later that day in Bordeaux. This tour was not for us. Except for a few passengers, Insignia was moored in Le Verdon until our 11:45 departure. This I assume was due to the low tide preventing the ship from cruising towards Bordeaux. From ...

Day One Hundred Fifty Four - June 8 As the ship docks in La Rochelle to spend the day, we are still in Paris for the last few hours. Our return train to the port city is at 15:00. After two sunny warm days in the French capital the weather did not cooperate today. It is raining quite hard. We have 10:00am tickets for the Louvre so after a quick breakfast we head out just after 08:30 to catch the Metro. Armed with umbrellas and hoods up, it is off to the Louvre...

Day One Hundred Fifty Three - June 7 Day Two in Paris While Insignia was on a sea day, Janice, Joan, Richard (sorry but the shorter version of his name comes our inappropriately) and I were exploring Paris for the second day. An important fact - try to book any transportation prior to arriving at your destination. Our problem was that we had not booked a return train to the Port of La Rochelle for the following day and any credit card was not being recognized ...