Joanne

We are thinking of booking a dinner cruise for Christmas Day. There
are several kinds---has anyone been? There is one offered with dinner
at the Altitude 95 with cruise to follow. Do you think that would be
better food than one with dinner on the boat? We will be staying at
the Hotel St. Jacques on rue des Ecoles. Any suggestions for a place
to get breakfast? Thank you for any help! JoAnne

Bernard T. Higonnet

JoAnne wrote:

    > We are thinking of booking a dinner cruise for Christmas Day. There
    > are several kinds---has anyone been? There is one offered with dinner
    > at the Altitude 95 with cruise to follow. Do you think that would be
    > better food than one with dinner on the boat?

I have heard that there's one boat (I don't know which...) in Paris with
good but very expensive food, but I have never has good food on a
river/lake cruise boat trip that lasts a couple of hours, in any country.
They're selling the boat ride, not the food.

Search hard.

Bernard Higonnet

Mxsmanic

JoAnne writes:

    > We are thinking of booking a dinner cruise for Christmas Day. There
    > are several kinds---has anyone been? There is one offered with dinner
    > at the Altitude 95 with cruise to follow. Do you think that would be
    > better food than one with dinner on the boat? We will be staying at
    > the Hotel St. Jacques on rue des Ecoles. Any suggestions for a place
    > to get breakfast? Thank you for any help! JoAnne

With dinner cruises, you pay for the ride, the atmosphere, and the view,
not for the food. Boats are not ideal venues for preparing haute
cuisine, and in any case, that's not what the company sells. So enjoy
the cruise, but don't expect a particularly memorable meal from a
gastronomic standpoint.

Go Fig

In article <>,
Mxsmanic <> wrote:

    > JoAnne writes:
    >
    > > We are thinking of booking a dinner cruise for Christmas Day. There
    > > are several kinds---has anyone been? There is one offered with dinner
    > > at the Altitude 95 with cruise to follow. Do you think that would be
    > > better food than one with dinner on the boat? We will be staying at
    > > the Hotel St. Jacques on rue des Ecoles. Any suggestions for a place
    > > to get breakfast? Thank you for any help! JoAnne
    >
    > With dinner cruises, you pay for the ride, the atmosphere, and the view,
    > not for the food. Boats are not ideal venues for preparing haute
    > cuisine, and in any case, that's not what the company sells. So enjoy
    > the cruise, but don't expect a particularly memorable meal from a
    > gastronomic standpoint.

But its not something that you will walk away complaining about either,
except on the Vltava dinner cruise which wasn't that good... but they
poured the Slivovitz with a heavy hand... I still recommend it though.

A river barge is easier than a train I'd say, I often use to get very
good food on some trains.

A cruise on the Seine is one of the worlds best tourism attractions, if
you do find a line the does have better food... hope you'll post it here.

Next year I have 7 nights on a sternwheeler up the Mississippi from the
Big Easy... 'talk-a-bout'

jay
Wed, Dec 3, 2003
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Mxsmanic

Go Fig writes:

    > A river barge is easier than a train I'd say, I often use to get very
    > good food on some trains.

The SNCF serves nice meals in first class, apart from that fish dinner I
had once with the parasite in it.

    > Next year I have 7 nights on a sternwheeler up the Mississippi
    > from the Big Easy... 'talk-a-bout'

There's a sternwheeler on the Seine in Paris, too.

Go Fig

In article <>,
Mxsmanic <> wrote:

    > There's a sternwheeler on the Seine in Paris, too.

Is it a new build or a historic one. Does it run daily during the
season and aren't the bridges a problem.

jay
Wed, Dec 3, 2003
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Mxsmanic

Go Fig writes:

    > Is it a new build or a historic one.

I can't tell, but my guess is that it is new.

    > Does it run daily during the
    > season and aren't the bridges a problem.

I only occasionally see it, so I think it must be hired out for private
parties or something, and I seem to see it mainly in summer. The
smokestacks fold down for passage under bridges. I believe it is called
the "Louisiana Belle." I'm sure I have one or more pictures of it in
the archives somewhere.

Incidentally, the Titanic's tender, the Nomadic, which used to call
Paris home, has disappeared, apparently to Le Havre, from what I've
heard.

Peter Krynicki

Mxsmanic <> wrote in message news:<>...
    > Go Fig writes:
    >
    > > A river barge is easier than a train I'd say, I often use to get very
    > > good food on some trains.
    >
    > The SNCF serves nice meals in first class, apart from that fish dinner I
    > had once with the parasite in it.
    >
    > > Next year I have 7 nights on a sternwheeler up the Mississippi
    > > from the Big Easy... 'talk-a-bout'
    >
    > There's a sternwheeler on the Seine in Paris, too.

FWIW I would take the bateaux mouches (what does this mean? Mouse
boat?) for the cruise and then walk across to the Ile de Cite and find
a place for dinner, especially since in Dec it will prolly be pretty
cold. In fact, this is what I just did a few months ago.

hth
Pjk

Jenn

In article <>,
(Peter Krynicki) wrote:

    > Mxsmanic <> wrote in message
    > news:<>...
    > > Go Fig writes:
    > >
    > > > A river barge is easier than a train I'd say, I often use to get very
    > > > good food on some trains.
    > >
    > > The SNCF serves nice meals in first class, apart from that fish dinner I
    > > had once with the parasite in it.
    > >
    > > > Next year I have 7 nights on a sternwheeler up the Mississippi
    > > > from the Big Easy... 'talk-a-bout'
    > >
    > > There's a sternwheeler on the Seine in Paris, too.
    >
    > FWIW I would take the bateaux mouches (what does this mean? Mouse
    > boat?) for the cruise and then walk across to the Ile de Cite and find
    > a place for dinner, especially since in Dec it will prolly be pretty
    > cold. In fact, this is what I just did a few months ago.
    >
    > hth
    > Pjk

me too -- there isn't much to be gained from eating on the boat --

Mark Brader

Peter Krynicki writes:
    > FWIW I would take the bateaux mouches (what does this mean? Mouse
    > boat?) ...

Flies, not mice. But it's not clear why the name was applied --
you can find at least three different explanations on the Web.
(Original owner's name; name of district in Lyon where they were
made; or because you see them so often.)

In any case, today Bateaux Mouches is the name of one of the
companies operating such boats, but is also used as the general
term for all of them.