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  • Bonjour Odessa!

    BARBARA GREENWALT|Updated Apr 4, 2015

    Part 3 of the continuing series of the adventures of Gerald and Barbara Greenwalt seeing Paris by riverboat tour. Day three in Paris: A trip to Giverny for the history of Monet.Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840, to a grocer father and singer mother. Monet was mentored in oil painting and painting outdoors. Monet moved to England in 1870 and married Camille Doncieus. They had two children, but she died of tuberculosis aged just 32. He was 43 when he came to Giverny in 1883 with Alice Hosched, her six children and...

  • Bonjour Odessa!

    BARBARA GREENWALT|Updated Mar 23, 2015

    Part 2 of the continuing series of the adventures of Gerald and Barbara Greenwalt seeing Paris by riverboat tour. Day two in Paris: After another wonderful breakfast with Gerald having the buffet, of course, and me, the puff pancakes with powdered sugar and fresh fruit. The coffee was stout, so we had no need for an espresso. The service was again impeccable, with Bridgette, the ship's concierge, and Gilliano, the program director, often checking in to see if there was anything else we needed for the day. The second day's...

  • Bonjour Odessa!

    BARBARA GREENWALT|Updated Mar 5, 2015

    Paris – a lot of you know my husband, Gerald, and I went to Paris in December of last year. It was amazing, far beyond all our expectations. If not of Paris, at least of the Viking Cruise. We flew over on Lufthansa Airlines. Funny story – I switched us from Air France to Lufthansa with the Viking Cruise airline specialist only to have Lufthansa go on a one day strike two days before we left affecting over 30,000 flyers. No, no, no ! There were no flight issues for us and we arrived on time in Paris. After being picked up by t...