Day One Hundred Fifty-Eight June 12 Heavy rains greeted the ship today as we arrived in Gijon, Spain on this Sunday morning. Apart from restaurants, only a few shops were opened but these shops would close for afternoon siesta. A shuttle bus service operated from the port would be our mode of transportation into the city. The rain had stopped for a while which we were grateful for as it's never fun to explore a new city in the rain. The drop off point allowed ...

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 ...