Shanti
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- Nov 29, 2015
I've got our 2019 Mediterranean cruise paid in full, but now I'm having second thoughts. Maybe we should ditch the cruise and just tour Europe on land?
To provide context, this will be a trip for my 14 year-old son and me. He hasn't been to Europe yet, but we're both planning to go to Italy in March as part of a school field trip. My only other experience in Europe was going to Scotland when I was about 5, and I barely remember that at all.
We're already set to fly from America into Paris, spend four nights at Disneyland Paris pre-cruise, and also to spend a few days in Paris post-cruise before flying home from Paris. First visit to France!
But upon further reflection and research, I'm wondering if the week of the cruise wouldn't be better spent on land, so we could see sights than could not be visited during the cruise. Visiting the beaches of Normandy during the 75th anniversary of D-Day would be a possibility, as that's the week we're set to cruise. I've always wanted to visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which is a just a few hours from Paris via high-speed train. There are also a lot of architectural sights and special gardens that we could visit in France and Spain, taking the train from place to place during the trip. We could still see the Mediterranean (we'd probably still go to Barcelona), but the Med would only be one stop during the trip, rather than the place to spend a whole week.
Thoughts? Advice?
To provide context, this will be a trip for my 14 year-old son and me. He hasn't been to Europe yet, but we're both planning to go to Italy in March as part of a school field trip. My only other experience in Europe was going to Scotland when I was about 5, and I barely remember that at all.
We're already set to fly from America into Paris, spend four nights at Disneyland Paris pre-cruise, and also to spend a few days in Paris post-cruise before flying home from Paris. First visit to France!
But upon further reflection and research, I'm wondering if the week of the cruise wouldn't be better spent on land, so we could see sights than could not be visited during the cruise. Visiting the beaches of Normandy during the 75th anniversary of D-Day would be a possibility, as that's the week we're set to cruise. I've always wanted to visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which is a just a few hours from Paris via high-speed train. There are also a lot of architectural sights and special gardens that we could visit in France and Spain, taking the train from place to place during the trip. We could still see the Mediterranean (we'd probably still go to Barcelona), but the Med would only be one stop during the trip, rather than the place to spend a whole week.
Thoughts? Advice?
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