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WJ Tested: Travel Tip Norway – Ride The Rauma Railway

WJ Tested: Travel Tip Norway – Ride The Rauma Railway

WJ Tested: Travel Tip Norway – Ride The Rauma Railway By Jill Hoelting, Photos by Vivienne Chapleo Even though Thomas the Tank Engine wasn’t a popular storybook tale in my youth, my love of trains was big. My grandfather was an engineer on the iron horses clickety-clacking their way through Illinois in the mid-1900s, and […]

Travel Deal: Discover the Heart of Vietnam and Cambodia Food Tour

Travel Deal: Discover the Heart of Vietnam and Cambodia Food Tour

Discover the Heart of Vietnam and Cambodia Food Tour 26 April — 9 May 2013 with Author Kim Fay Do flavors and smells instantly take you back in time? Come on this amazing tour of Vietnam and Cambodia with Author Kim Fay and you’ll discover your fifth sense – Your umani – sweet, salty, sour, […]

Travel Tip: Curacao Ostrich Farm – This Place Is For The Birds!

Travel Tip: Curacao Ostrich Farm – This Place Is For The Birds!

Travel Tip: Curacao Ostrich Farm – This Place Is For The Birds! While Curacao is most well-known for the iconic Dutch architecture of its UNESCO World Heritage downtown, turquoise palm-lined beaches, and world-class diving, there are also opportunities for adventures like… feeding birds. What? Bird-feeding doesn’t sound very exciting, you say? Well this is no […]

Yummy Entrees – Cassoulet Recipe

Yummy Entrees – Cassoulet Recipe

  Yummy Entrees – Cassoulet Recipe WAVE Journey’s Recommended “Eat” In France – Cassoulet WJ spent a week cruising the Canal du Midi onboard European Waterways‘ canal barge Anjodi. One of the highlights of this south of France cruise was the fabulous meals prepared by Chef Sarah. Although Sarah is a Brit, her French cooking […]

Travel News: European Waterways’ Springtime 2013 Luxury Hotel Barge Cruises in Southern France

Travel News: European Waterways’ Springtime 2013 Luxury Hotel Barge Cruises in Southern France

Travel News: European Waterways’ Springtime 2013 Luxury Hotel Barge Cruises in Southern France Canal du Midi Cruises on “Enchanté” Among Popular Cruises, With Remodeled Dining Room Making Barge More Luxurious Than Ever New York, NY (October 1, 2012) – While last-minute travelers are taking advantage of excellent discounts from European Waterways for up to $2,000 […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Dijon to Paris

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Dijon to Paris

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Dijon to Paris Day 14 This morning we didn’t need to rush, so our wake-up call wasn’t until 8:15 a.m., with breakfast scheduled for 8:45 a.m. and followed by a 9:45 a.m. departure. The plan was that our group would take the TGV (high-speed train) from Dijon […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Grenoble to Dijon

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Grenoble to Dijon

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Grenoble to Dijon Day 13 – Lyon Another day with a fairly large distance to cover meant our wake-up call rang out at 6:15 a.m., followed by breakfast in the hotel cafe at 7 a.m. Then at 8 a.m. we departed the Mercure hotel in Grenoble for France’s […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Monaco and Monte Carlo

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Monaco and Monte Carlo

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Monaco and Monte Carlo Globus Day 11: We have explored the entire southern coastline of France on previous trips, so it was only fitting that we decided not to take any of the optional excursions offered on our Globus La France tour. So at last we had a […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Pont du Gard and Avignon

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Pont du Gard and Avignon

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Pont du Gard and Avignon Day 10 – Pont du Gard Hooray, the day’s weather was sunny, dry and felt like summer. So our 7 a.m. wake-up call wasn’t too bad and we were able to enjoy breakfast on the hotel patio before our 8:45 a.m. departure. The […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Biarritz and Lourdes

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Biarritz and Lourdes

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Biarritz and Lourdes Day 8 – Biarritz Being in France for Bastille Day, the largest public holiday of the year, meant that our tour needed to depart from the hotel in Bordeaux by 7:30 a.m. After driving for 2 hours we had a 30-minute comfort stop at […]

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