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La Renaissance Activities and ExcursionsFrom: A Barge Cruise in France
ABOVE: The royal château of Fontainebleau. INSET BELOW: An Australian passenger goes biking, his wife steers the barge under the pilot's supervision, our chef demonstrates his culinary technique, and we visit the Château de la Bussiere and Montargis. Cruising activities
We were lucky with weather on our cruise, but when it's rainy or chilly, you can retreat to the saloon for a card game, board game, or book. Or you can borrow a DVD from the movie library and watch it on the flat-screen TV in your suite. (Satellite TV should be another option by the time you read this; the system wasn't quite ready for prime time during our cruise.) Tours and shore excursions
The captain also drove us to the town of Briare, where a 662-meter aqueduct--designed by Gustave Eiffel--carries boats and canal barges high above the River Loire. Hot-air balloon ridesPassengers can book optional hot-air balloon rides, which offer a bird's-eye view of the Burgundian and Loire landscape. (Nobody on our cruise went ballooning; everyone seemed satisfied with barging and the occasional morning or afternoon shore excursion.) Next page: Cruises, private charters
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