Friday, September 30, 2016

APRIL 1, 2017

WELCOME    This is my newest blog. Jan and I gave each other a once in a lifetime trip this coming April and May 2017. Below is our itinerary for our trip. I hope to add posts with photos and stories as we go along so keep this page bookmarked.  I hope you enjoy traveling along with us for a couple of months.

We have a granddaughter graduating in VA the middle of June so we might be gone almost 3 months.



APRIL 1, 2017

PORT CANAVERAL FLORIDA DEPART ON TRANS-ATLANTIC VOYAGE.


WELCOME ABOARD NORWEGIAN LINE'S SHIP  "EPIC"
APRIL 1, 2017 We will start our vacation of a lifetime by sailing across the Atlantic to spend 2 months touring Europe.
our cruise


 APRIL 4, 2017 Ship arrives at  
               Arrive at Kings Wharf Bermuda 




ON SHORE BERMUDA

APRIL 5, 2017 back to SEA for the next  5 DAYS
5th - 9th of APRIL, 2017


APRIL 10, 2017  ship arrives at FUNCHAL PORTUGAL for the day. I'm sure we will sign up an excursion.

 














ON SHORE FUNCHAL


APRIL 12, 2017  ship arrives at MALAGA  SPAIN 

for the day and again I'm sure we will do a tour







 ON SHORE MALAGA


APRIL 13, 2017 AT SEA


APRIL 14, 2017 ARRIVE AT BARCELONA SPAIN

our hotel







APRIL 16, 2017  - APRIL 19, 2017   ROUND TRIP FRO BARCELONA SPAIN TO PARIS, FRANCE BY HIGH SPEED RAIL FOR 3 NIGHTS OF TOURING A SIGHTSEEING
WE WILL BE STAYIN AT THE BEST WESTERN ...................





We are making plans to meet our daughter Laura and her husband David Coutts in Paris. They have been there before and will show us around. We will be renting a small downtown apartment near their apartment.  We will have a great time. This visit to Paris will be concentrate on seeing as much as Paris as we can. We will return to Paris in about a week and then we will stay in a hotel and do day trips to places like Normandy, Monet's garden and Alsace Lorraine where my grandmother was born.


our apartment   Is only a 15 minute walk from our daughter's apartment. Isn't that just great! In all my life I could not have imagined that some day I would be spending time in Paris, France with my daughter and her husband. Back in the same country that my grandmother immigrated from.

Hi Dad and Jan,
We are a 15 min walk away from you two (or 15 min by the 67 bus). Would you email Rosa and get the correct apartment address – I used the directions tab on the link you sent and that is to a different street. I think you are on 25 Rue du Bourg Tibourg but the directions link goes to 25 Rue de Rivoli.
Aloha,

L




APRIL 20-22 Back to Barcelona Spain where we will meet our son Brad, his wife Kellen and children Logan and Avery in Barcelona and tour the area around Barcelona together before all of us take a 7 day cruise of the western Mediterranean on NWL "Epic"'


We plan to do some day trips to surrounding areas of interest in the two days we have before our cruise.




APRIL 23, 2017   Board our ship "EPIC" for a 7 day cruise of ITALY




our cruise

Since Brad has been to Italy before he is going to plan all our on shore excursions. see the link above to see all the places we will get to visit in Italy.
CRUISE RETURNS TO BARCELONA

On shore excursions in planning stage

NAPLES AREA

APRIL 30, 2017
Return to Barcelona on board our ship "EPIC" for the day and night at our HOTEL and then get ready to leave in the morning back to Paris by HS Train.

Rest up for the evening and be ready in the a.m. for our train ride to Paris.



MAY 1- 8 2017
Brad and family fly back to Jupiter, FL and we get on the high speed train again for a one way trip to Paris for a few days.

Jan and I will get back on the
high speed train again back to Paris. This time we will be on our own. We plan to take day trips by train to Alsace Lorraine and Normandy as well as Monet's garden somewhere near Normandy.

ONE REASON TO SEE NORMANDY BEACH FRANCE

MONET'S GARDEN GIVERNY, FRANCE

ALSACE LORRAINE, FRANCE  (grandmother Stein)

MAY 8 thru 16 2017
OSCAR WILDE FERRY 

 OVERNIGHT FERRY BOAT WITH A CABIN   " OSCAR WILDE"
WE WILL STAY ONE NIGHT MAY 9, 2017 AT THIS HOTEL AND GET A TRAIN ON THE NEXT DAY MAY6, 2017 TO DUBLIN IRELAND WHERE WE WILL BE TAKING A 7 DAY GUIDED TOUR OF IRELAND WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WEST COAST AND CORK COUNTY WHERE MY 3X AND 4X GREAT GRANDFATHERS CAME FROM. FAMILY NAME CONAGHAN.

OUR BASE HOTEL WHILE IN DUBLIN
We are still trying to plan our visit in Ireland. We may change our arrival time to spend more time in France and Germany, before going to Ireland.


MAY 16 - MAY 22, 2017




 CHECK OUT OF HOTEL IN DUBLIN AND FIND TRANSPORTATION TO DUBLIN'S PORT FOR FEERY TO HOLYHEAD ENGLAND.  FROM THERE FIND A TRAIN TO LONDON, ENGLAND. WE PLAND TO TAKE VARIOUS DAY TRIPS IN AND AROUND LONDON UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR OUR VOYAGE BACK TO THE USA.

OUR HOTEL WHILE IN LONDON, ENGLAND 





MAY 22 , 23, 2017   SPEND ONE NIGHT IN SOUTHAMPTON  ENGLAND
WE WILL BAORD THE QE2 TO SAID BACK TO THE USA NY, NY ARRIVING THERE ON MAY 31, 2017

QUEEN ELIZABETH 2  sailing from Southampton England to NY, NY USA


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