Normandy Cruise – 2009
Flights to Cincinnati and Home to Memphis
November 7 – 15, 2009
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Updated Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010
About 35 trip photos mainly taken by Betty
Nolan are posted at www.ritzpix.com in an
album entitled “2009 – France” under member name of Lewis “Buzz” Nolan’s email
address. Email lewis_nolan@yahoo.com
for instructions on how to access. Note: captions were being added to photos in
late 2009.
By LEWIS NOLAN
November 15, 2009, Sunday – Paris to Memphis
Passengers
deboarding and heading to the Paris Airport on a chartered bus were served a
complimentary breakfast of light sandwiches, sweets and coffee in the boat’s
lounge at 5:15 a.m. We got to the airport through fairly heavy traffic on time
and found the Delta flight to
We had time before
the connection to Memphis on another Delta flight to eat an early supper again
at Moe’s – where we had a tasty meal on the way out. But this time we were
surprised at the charge of $9 for a large glass of ice flavored with a bit of
tequila and margarita mix. However, the find - chunks of grilled chicken on a
salad - was OK. I wrote a letter of complaint to the restaurant’s home office
but never did hear anything back.
The taxi ride from
the
The only unsatisfactory thing to report was the handling of my email to Viking about a subsequent marketing brochure I received.
I wrote that, “Kindly remove me from your email and other lists. I
responded with measured enthusiasm about today's email from you over a supposed
"sensational" sale for spring. But my regular travel agent checked it
out and reported my preferred dates in May were already sold out - an outrageous
happening given that I just got your email. Worse, I found the "bargain
prices" were in reality misleading and the total cost would be about
$9,000 - hardly a bargain. FYI, we did enjoy your Seine trip in November. I
think your marketing copy writers are now pushing the envelope way beyond
credibility, the reason I want off your list. Sincerely, Lewis Nolan.”
The response I
received was an unsigned email that said, “Thank
you for your recent request. We have processed your request. Please allow six to
eight weeks for all direct mailings to cease. Best regards, Viking River
Cruises.”
For what it’s worth,
I forwarded that terse note to my Gulliver’s Travel agent (whom we’ve found to
be a terrific professional and always forthright with us) and was told the
email exchange between me and Viking got a good laugh in the office.
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