It's Thursday, May 8th and we’ve arrived in France and the weather is absolutely miserable. It’s very cold, windy and rainy here. Because we didn’t arrange for any formal tour here in Cherbourg we’ve elected to stay onboard today and relax. T&J were tentatively booked for a tour so I guess they’ve got off as there is no answer in their room. They were a no-show for dinner last night so we’re hoping that they made the boat a...

QUEST FOR FIFTEEN I can't believe that it’s Day 4 already. We got packed up from the apartment well ahead of schedule and headed downstairs to meet our driver. After two days here at the Arenula Apartments, we have figured out the best way to use the "world’s smallest elevator" to our benefit for the checkout process. Our driver was to arrive at 11:00 a.m. so by 10:30 we were down in front, munching on some croissants with all ten pieces of luggage...