May 4-5 PDX to Salt Lake to Paris to Bordeaux
May 5-6 discover Bordeaux (town gates: Grosse Cloche, le Porte Caihau)
May 7 pick-up rental car, Sainte Foy-la-Grande to Bergerac to Sarlat
May 8 Saint-Cyprien (market day), Beynac, La-Roque-Gageac
May 9 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac (market day), prehistory museums, Lascaux II
May 10 Montfort, Domme
May 11 Sarlat (market day), Souillac, Lacave, Rocamadour
May 12 Martel, Laroquebrou, Aurillac
May 13 Murat, Briode, Le Puy En Velay
May 14-16 discover Lyon (district Vieux, etc.)
*pre-cruise*, cruise, and *post-cruise* with AmaWaterways :
May 16 train to Geneva, Switzerland
May 17 Geneva city tour, Chillon Castle visit
May 18 Annecy "Pearl of the French Alps" excursion
ship embarkation :
May 19 Dijon, France (Grand Palace of the Dukes & Estates of Burgundy)
May 20 Chalon-Sur-Saone city tour, Chalonnaise wine tasting
May 21 Tournus city tour and Tournus Abbey
May 22 Cluny, Berze-Le-Chatel, Beaujolais wine tasting
May 23 Lyon city tour, footsteps of ancient romans walking tour
May 24 Pilat Natural Regional Park, Valence city tour
May 25 Avignon- walking tour & papal palace, Arles walking tour
May 26 ship disembarkation,
visit Nimes, a former outpost of the Roman Empire,
high-speed train to Barcelona, Spain
May 27 Barcelona- Gothic Quarter, Montjuic Hill, Placa Catalunya, etc.
May 28 Abbey of Montserrat excursion, funicular ride up the mountain
May 29 homeward bound through Amsterdam
Starting in .. Bordeaux, then driving through the beautiful Dordogne region :
Then .. on to Rocamadour, Aurillac, Le Puy En Velay, and Lyon, then cruising :
What an adventure! I hope you enjoy reading our daily posts and pictures!
