2. Our route in
France
A River Tour of France!
Visiting:
A. Caudebec-en-Caux,
Seine-Maritime,
Upper Normandy,
France
B. Mâcon, France
C. Nice, France
All on The Viking Cruise
Line!
3. • Nice
Amount
• Mâcon:
of
Sunlight
• Caudebec-en-Caux:
4. Weather/Severe Weather
• France’s weather is similar to U.S.A.
• Not as much rainfall
• Hottest: 104 in 2003
• Not much snow, but are known to get light snow.
• 2009-2011: intense cold waves brought as much as
almost 6 inches
5. Socio-Economic Data
• Caudebec-en-Caux
– Commune town; trade grain, coal, live-stock & farm
produce
• Mâcon
– Makes Chardonnay wine; industrial riverport; grow &
mature grapes; also home to a free art/music fest; also
home of the meringue and butter cream cake
• Nice
– Seat of the Chamber of Commerce; manages the Nice –
Côte d'Azur Airport and the Cannes - Mandelieu Airport;
also, second most popular French city after Paris.