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Today we are in Rouen, France. The city where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. It's a beautiful city and our ship was docked quite close to the old town on the Seine river.
Unfortunately, I've been having a bit of a tooth ache and last night it was over the top painful. So we spent the morning working with the ship and their port agent to find me a dentist. Luckily they were able to get be an appointment at 2:30 pm. Adrian and I had just enough time to take the shuttle unto the city centre, explore and walk back to the ship in time for my appointment.
We had a great time in the city. Lots of great architecture and so much history.
My dental appointment went well (still waiting on the freezing to come out as I type this). Not entirely sure what they did - ex-rays, drilling and stuff, now I have a temporary filling where my crown was and am instructed to see my dentist when we get home. Very lucky to have been seen today, minimal disruption to our trip. My appointment was $115 Euros and the cab ride was $80 - the driver waited for us!
We had intended to go back into the city this evening however it is now pouring and not really a pleasant prospect.
This is the fifth segment (seven days) of our cruise and is touted as the "James Beard Foundation: French Feast, Normandy, Brittany and Aquitaine." I'll let you know what hat means when we figure it out. There are some "foodie" shore excursions on offer - at very high prices! Tonight's menu is a repeat so my hope for new menus may be dashed. We're in Rouen again tonight, tomorrow we're taking a ship's tour - our second - to Versailles. I've been there before and it's on Adrian's bucket list. We didn't get into Paris today so we'll have to come back sometime for him to be able to do those bucket list sights.
Unfortunately, I've been having a bit of a tooth ache and last night it was over the top painful. So we spent the morning working with the ship and their port agent to find me a dentist. Luckily they were able to get be an appointment at 2:30 pm. Adrian and I had just enough time to take the shuttle unto the city centre, explore and walk back to the ship in time for my appointment.
We had a great time in the city. Lots of great architecture and so much history.
My dental appointment went well (still waiting on the freezing to come out as I type this). Not entirely sure what they did - ex-rays, drilling and stuff, now I have a temporary filling where my crown was and am instructed to see my dentist when we get home. Very lucky to have been seen today, minimal disruption to our trip. My appointment was $115 Euros and the cab ride was $80 - the driver waited for us!
We had intended to go back into the city this evening however it is now pouring and not really a pleasant prospect.
This is the fifth segment (seven days) of our cruise and is touted as the "James Beard Foundation: French Feast, Normandy, Brittany and Aquitaine." I'll let you know what hat means when we figure it out. There are some "foodie" shore excursions on offer - at very high prices! Tonight's menu is a repeat so my hope for new menus may be dashed. We're in Rouen again tonight, tomorrow we're taking a ship's tour - our second - to Versailles. I've been there before and it's on Adrian's bucket list. We didn't get into Paris today so we'll have to come back sometime for him to be able to do those bucket list sights.
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