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and so here I am in my cabin on board
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the loo our princess and I'm gonna take
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you on a tour of the ship the cabin and
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some of the places that we visited on
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it's a very unique ship it's the only
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one of its kind and it had to be
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specifically designed to travel on the
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Lua which is very shallow
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so the ship was designed with two
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paddles on either side can sail in water
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that's as shallow as 17 centimeters
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River cruise ships by their very nature
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are quite small however they are a
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number of public areas and spaces that
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you can explore with a Sun Deck on the
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top which is fantastic particularly on
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nice warm days when you're cruising on
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the upper level is the reception and a
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seating area just behind the reception
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and the very popular bar and lounge this
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is not only of course where people go to
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have drinks but it's where they hold
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quizzes and where they have various
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forms of entertainment on the lower
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level is the dining room and here is
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where you get served a buffet breakfast
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a three-course lunch and a 3-course
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evening meal the cuisine is French and
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it's done in partnership with chefs who
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all have Michelin stars
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I was staying in one of the balcony
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cabins it has twin beds which can
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apparently be made up as a double bed it
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has lots of storage space it has a safe
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lots of plugs to charge things in the
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bathroom is a shower room a good sized
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shower and complimentary toiletries as
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well because space is at a premium the
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televisions come out of the ceiling
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so let me talk a little bit about some
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of the places we visited most the tours
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in these places are optional I you pay
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extra for them so in the first day we
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were in nonce and Ananse we got to
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explore the city on a walking tour we
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saw the art browse we saw some beautiful
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buildings and then also went to the
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Cathedral and also the Magnificent
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castle the next day saw us in the
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magical city of kisaan and here we got
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to see the medieval side which is where
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there was a huge chateau which is now
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ruins and explored the antagonist
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inspired side of the city including of
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the Notre Dame Cathedral optically so on
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we headed out to a Muscadet vineyard
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where we heard about how the wine is
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made and also got to try 3-1 the
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muscadine wine a Chardonnay and a
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sparkling wine the next day saw us in on
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shares again another walking tour this
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took us to another huge and impressive
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Chateau in the Chateau is the remarkable
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a copper lips tapestry this is many
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hundreds of years old
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it's over a hundred metres long we
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explored the streets and also visited
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the cathedral which is huge one of the
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absolute highlights in terms of
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excursions was on day five this is an
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included excursion it's included in the
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fare and it's a visit to three beautiful
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Chateau the first of all is the Chateau
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of as a which they call a jewel of
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Renaissance architecture Villandry was
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the one that I enjoyed the most
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it was rescued in the early 1900s by a
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Spanish gentleman he said about
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restoring this beautiful structure and
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as well as the renaissance gardens and
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the gardens are magnificent the third of
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the shatters that we visited was the
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Chateau who say and this is best known
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for being the inspiration behind
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Sleeping Beauty so as you tour the
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estate there's a whole exhibition and
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display related to the story of Sleeping
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Beauty with various costumes
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the great thing about the Loire is that
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you basically have it to yourself
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because it's the ownership of any size
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that can make it up the river there's no
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other river cruises there's no other
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large ship so it's basically just the
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luara princess a few pleasure boats and
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some fishermen so it's a very quiet calm
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experience and it's very beautiful and
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