• The M.S. Cézanne - our home for seven days on the Seine

• Whoops! Here's the M.S. Cézanne! It is a beautiful, meticulously maintained, and comfortable vessel. The staff was delightful and the food was fabulous!

• Caudebec-en-Caux, our first port of call. While docked here we visited two sites - the Abbaye Saint-Wandrille and the Abbaye de Jumièges.

• The Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux

• Caudebec-en-Caux

• Caudebec-en-Caux

• Caudebec-en-Caux

• There was a Viking Faire while we were in Caudebec-en-Caux

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• The Abbey is an active monastery

• Frère Lucien was our host and tour guide at Abbaye Saint-Wandrille

• Frère Lucien unlocking the gates to the Abbaye for us

• The Abbaye gates

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• Portions of the original Abbaye are in ruins that have been artfully integrated into newer buildings

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• Inside the cloister

• Inside the cloister

• Inside the cloister

• Inside the cloister

• While Frère Lucien spoke only French, ably translated by our French National Guide, he was delightful, with a great sense of humor

• Inside the cloister

• Architectural detail

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle

• The entrance to the new sanctuary

• Outside the new sanctuary

• Inside the new sanctuary

• Inside the new sanctuary

• Part of the abbaye complex

• The Abbaye de Jumièges is a ruin. Part of the destruction was due to it being sold to someone who used it as a 'quarry' for stone. So, apparently that practice is not unique to the USA!

• A cool door at the restored gatehouse which serves as the entrance to the Abbaye grounds and, of course, the gift shop.

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• The 7th-century Norman Abbaye de Jumièges was built by William the Conquerer

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Abbaye de Jumièges

• Poppies near entrance to the Abbaye de Jumièges

• Église Notre-Dame in Caudebec-en-Caux, built between 1425 and 1539, is a fine example of 'Flamboyant Gothic' architecture

• Église Notre-Dame

• Église Notre-Dame

• Église Notre-Dame

• Église Notre-Dame

• Église Notre-Dame

• Église Notre-Dame

• Doug reboarding the M.S. Cézanne at the end of our day in Caudebec-en-Caux

• Along the Seine between Caudebec-en-Caux and Le Havre

• Along the Seine between Caudebec-en-Caux and Le Havre

• Waiting our turn to go through one of the locks we navigated along the Seine. That is our 24 year-old Captain on the left.

• Navigating the lock

• Navigating the lock

• The lock gate closing behind us

• A deck and bridge photo