Things are winding down on this trip. We have seen a lot, done a lot, ate a lot, made new friends, walked through history, and had a great time. Today is our final touring day. Chateau de Maimaison awaits us. Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine in 1796. Josephine bought the manor in 1797 while Napoleon was away fighting the Egyptian Campaign. The house cost a fortune to purchase and a fortune for renovations, Josephine was just thinking of her husband. She just wanted a nice place for him to live in when he would take a break from fighting the Napoleonic Wars. How nice. Later on, when they divorced, she got the house. Things have not changed much today. Napoleon had to find another castle to live in. Josephine lived there until her death in 1814. After her death and his defeat at Battle of Waterloo (1815), Napoleon took residence there before his exile to the island of Saint Helena. A very nice place, by any standard, but I thought the bedrooms were rather small. After our tour was complete we returned to the AmaLegro and had another dinner together, said our good byes, and made preparations to disembark early the next day and go home.
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| Sandy & Captain Grard |
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| Josephine got this house in her divorce settlement |
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| Josephine's ex-husband |
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| Follow me |
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| Empress Josephine |
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| Napoleon |
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| Pam,Roy,Sandy, John |
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| Sandy, John |
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| Larry, Pat |
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| Jerry & Linda |
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| Did you know they had the Statue of Liberty on the River Seine? |
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| Roy & Pam |
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| Manny and Sue |
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