As we’ve been told is often the case, traveling the English channel is sometimes no picnic. Sure enough, we were besieged by massive rolling swells that had everyone either running for their various motion sickness medications or (as I was) confined to their rooms sick as dogs for the better part of the day. Poor [...]

Our first stop was the landing beach at Pont du Hoc, where the land is still scarred with massive craters from shelling during the Normandy invasion. One could sense the gravity and extreme loss of life at the site, as well as the overwhelming odds allied forces faced from German troops awaiting them as they [...]

Exhausted upon arrival in Paris, we boarded our bus to Honfleur, where we were to meet our ship. The ride out was beautiful and made especially interesting by our lovely French bus guide, Sylvie. She pointed out the sights outside Paris (where we could see the Eiffel tower in the distance), and the beautiful surrounding [...]

Fáilte (welcome) to our May 2011 discovery of the living heritage of the Celtic people!  Beginning May 7, on this eight-night cruise we’ll journey from the ancient Norman port of Honfleur past the misty islands of the Celtic and Irish Seas, to Scotland’s historic capital of Edinburgh.  We’re aboard the exclusively chartered, deluxe 240-guest M.S. Le [...]