Departure - Flight from Nuremburg to Paris to Washington, D.C.

Viking handled the departure very smoothly..... for us, leaving the ship at 7:15 by bus for the airport.... It was a Sunday so it was quiet and almost deserted....Kay noted, and I agreed, that even a solo traveler who was uncomfortable in a foreign airport would have NO trouble travelling with Viking..... they did not leave the airport until each of us had a boarding pass and knew where our gates for the planes were.... VERY efficient...



Nuremburg Souvenirs 



Never Enough EXTRA Baggage to Shop! 

Kay Gets a Little Exercise Before Boarding



Catching Up After Our Vacation

After a brief stay in Paris we were on an Air France plane headed for D.C.   A large staff tried to make the 8 hour trip palatable.... quite a task..... complimentary wine helped a little....

NOT captured in photos are the 7 children under the age of 3 travelling in our section of the plane, the 6 foot tall man with broad shoulders who sat in the seat next to us (covering his head with a blanket for most of the trip and placing his long legs under my seat), the hairy rear end of one of the harried parents who reached for his child's toy on the floor revealing LOTS right at about John's eye level nor the French lady in a window seat SHOUTING in rapid French into her cell phone LONG after it should have been turned off..........a memorably awful flight home.....


The French Open on a Big Screen in Paris Airport 

Complementary Wine and Snacks 



Great Memories of a Fabulous Trip