Good-Bye EUROPE! - Wednesday - Oct.6

au revoir, à bientôt

Travel Day.  CDG-KEF-SEA-PDX.   It wll be a long day.

Jan and I took some pics out both windows of our cab on the way to Charles de Gaulle Airport.  The morning was brilliantly bright, of course, after our monsoony day at Versailles!

    Wish I knew what this was :

au revoir Eiffel Tower ..

We made it to the gorgeous new terminal 2B at Charles de Gaulle Airport.    Ready to start our journey home.

wait for me!  ....   (looks like an Ikea airport! :) )

Hello Reykjavik!   and KEF

    Now, onwards (7.5hr) to Seattle .. in a beautiful newer Boeing 757!   I think it still had the 'new car' smell.  And, it was nice to only be filled partially.

Jan took some incredible photos outside her window of Iceland and Greenland.  Enjoy :

Wow.  The setting sun really accentuates the view!  We made it to Seattle and then on to Portland.   Jeanette and family were tracking our flight and texted me when we touched down and welcomed us to Seattle.   I called her when we were waiting to transfer our luggage.  She said Cameron had exciting news.  A beluga whale was stuck in Elliot Bay.  Whoa!

  Don and Sissy were waiting for us in Portland.  Good to see friends.  Good to be home.

Final thoughts-

What a wonderful exciting trip to Europe!

Europe celebrates breakfast!  (my favorite meal)

River cruising with Ama Waterways is the best!

Train travel in Europe is way fun! (and exciting at times!)

The Rhine River is an amazing, important water highway.

474 miles of river cruising, 813 feet of elevation gain

428 feet of lift by locks

Rhine River castle views were .. SPECTACULAR!

Zermatt and the Matterhorn .. wow!

France’s historic small towns were fun to discover.

And .. the CATHEDRALS !!    wow-wow-wow

Looking forward to Spring’2022 for our next river cruise

through Provence in France.

Thanks for following our adventures!     

Joe & Jan