This was out third Ocean crossing. This time from Cape Town to Rio.
We have been cruising since 2006 but have done a lot of independent traveling over the years.
We flew from JFK through Paris to Cape Town. The connection we booked allowed for a 15 hour layover in Paris. We took the train into Paris, had lunch and then visited the D'orsay and returned to CDG. Arrived the next day in Cape Town. Checked into our hotel. The next day, Friday, we took a private excursion to Wine Country. On Saturday we connected with a couple we met on the cruise roll call. We shared a van for a sightseeing trip to the Cape and then were dropped off at the ship. We did want to visit Table Mountain on Sunday morning but it was clouded over and there was about a 3 hour wait to get to the top.
Again booked out own excursions. those were very good but Rio is trying to get ready for the Olympics and there is construction everywhere.