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Cruise Trek 2013:
“The Seine River, Beaches of Normandy &
Magical Paris Tour”
October 25 ~ November 1, 2013
A 7-night cruise aboard AmaWaterways’ ms
AmaLegro,
with guests Dominic Keating and Lolita Fatjo
Our Itinerary ~
Day |
Date |
Port |
Notes |
Wednesday | Oct. 23 |
Geneva – pre option | Arrive Geneva Hotel, Mix
& Mingle with CT family |
Thursday | Oct. 24 | CERN |
Tour CERN & overnight in Geneva |
Friday | Oct. 25 | Paris |
Transfer & Board our beautiful River Boat in Paris, home
of the most beautiful monuments like the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame
Cathedral and the Louvre |
Saturday | Oct. 26 | Vernon, France |
Cruise the Seine, visit Giverny and tour Monet’s house
& gardens OR the Palace & Gardens of Chateau de Bizy |
Sunday | Oct. 27 | Rouen, France |
Cruise to this Medieval city, tour & visit the site where
Joan of Arc was martyred |
Monday | Oct. 28 | Rouen, France |
“D-Day Remembered” – A full day
excursion to either the US sector of Omaha & Utah beaches
or the British & Canadian sectors. As an alternative, you can
visit traditional Normandy and its Norman towns & villages. |
Tuesday | Oct. 29 | Rouen, France |
Visit Honfleur, a favorite subject of many artists. Or tour
Normandy’s famous Abbeys |
Wednesday | Oct. 30 | Les Andelys |
Birthplace of artist Poussin. Cruise & view the beautiful
views of the Seine valley, visit the stronghold of Richard the
Lionheart |
Thursday | Oct. 31 | Conflans |
Take an “artists walk” which includes Van
Gogh, Cezanne and Pissarro and/or visit the home of Emperor
Napoleon & Empress Josephine Bonaparte |
Friday | Nov. 1 | Paris |
Disembark and/or transfer to your Paris hotel, enjoy a panoramic
tour of the “City of Lights,” the Musee d’Orsey
and a Cabaret show. . . All included in post hotel package. |
Saturday | Nov. 2 | Paris – post hotel
option | Explore landmarks, museums, cafés and
shops of Paris |
Sunday | Nov. 3 | Paris – post hotel
option | End of CT trip. . . Transfer to airport or continue on
your own |
Passage must be booked through the Cruise Trek office
to attend all Cruise Trek events.
CT favorite Dominic Keating. Says CT organizer Charlie Datin,
“Dom’s high energy, brilliance and wit is just the
best.”
Our 2008 Danube and 2011 Rhine river cruises were so enjoyed by
all that several within the Cruise Trek family requested this European
River Cruise on the Seine River, sailing round trip from Paris, France.
An informal CT family adventure was planned this time, but joining
the group were Dominic Keating and Lolita Fatjo.
The journey began with a visit to Geneva, Switzerland, and a tour of
CERN, located in Meyrin, Switzerland. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear
Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected
centers for scientific research.
The Cruise Trek family was treated to a private, custom, full-day
tour of the CERN facility, led by a CERN official and physicist, and
including an orientation, a visit to an accelerator and experiment, a look
at the hadron collider (LHC), lunch in the Globe of Science and
Innovation, plus time to peruse exhibits and media on the history of
CERN and the nature of its work.
This special pre-cruise CERN package included the following:
- Two nights at a Geneva hotel
- Three full breakfasts at the hotel
- Arrival and free day in Geneva
- Transfers to and from the hotel and CERN
- Lunch at CERN
- Cocktail party at the hotel, after the CERN tour
- Bus transfer from Geneva, Switzerland to our Paris, France pier
Cruise Trekkers Brent Stein and Joni Caplan, as well as Bryan
Brake, have kindly shared their photos of the CERN experience ~
In her Huffington Post article, “Enterprise’s
Dominic Keating, Cruise Trek, and How Star Trek Fandom is
Alive and Kicking”, Ashley Jude Collie interviewed Dom before the
Seine cruise.
“Charlie pulls out all the stops for his guests/fans with games
and poker nights. On this Cruise we’re having a Halloween party.
I’ll do a Q & A with the fans. I’ve gone a few times
with Vaughn Armstrong who guested on several Star Trek shows, many
times in prosthetics. Then he got to be himself on our show as Admiral
Forrest, Scott Bakula’s boss. Vaughn’s a musician and
he’s brought his son along to Alaska and Bermuda. They perform
and are very talented musicians. Everyone’s really cool and I feel
part of the family. I’m just the chatty, funny, story-filled cousin that
comes with them on the Cruise Treks. It&rss very fun thing to do.”
Read the full interview with Dom at
The Huffington Post.
Major Technicality’s Bryan Brake visited Geneva, Switzerland,
and toured CERN along with the Seine Cruise Trekkers. His take on
CERN and the Cruise Trekkers he met on the tour are recorded in a
podcast, Episode 36, “Bryan’s Tour de CERN” .
Seine highlights, created by Brent Stein: “I wanted to
do something different this year to commemorate another fantastic cruise
with Cruise Trek.”
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