During the last few months we've made a lot of planning progress. First job was to book a vacation rental apartment in Paris. Fortunately, we found a lovely place in the northeast part of the city. While it's a little "out of the way" of most of the touristy areas, it's a short walk to two different train stations and the neighborhood looks good.
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| Here's a picture of the living room of the rental apartment |
Next comes researching all the places we'll be visiting in Paris, as well as all the places we'll be passing through on our boat. We always buy a navigational guide ahead of the trip. They give you one with the boat, but we prefer to get a jump on things and start looking at where we're going and where we might be stopping for overnights. I found and ordered the Navigational Guide for the Loire Valley and was so excited when it arrived. Unfortunately, it was the wrong part of the Loire Valley! Luckily, I was able to contact the company (in France) and get it exchanged for the correct one. Sadly, lots of high shipping costs. The new book should arrive in about a week.
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| Above and below are stock photos of the Salsa A |
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| There's a lot of seating room on the top and a small outside area in the bow. |
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| This is the layout of our boat. The blue shapes and orange shapes are the beds and cabins. You can see the green part, which is in the saloon and the galley (kitchen) is between the saloon and cabins. There are also two heads (bathrooms). |
We've also booked hotel rooms for our last night in Paris before flying back to NY. After a lot of searching, I've settled on the Alane Hotel, which looks like it's in a nice neighborhood, and most importantly, is quite near the train station for our trip to the airport.
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| This is the Alane Hotel |
