On November 12, 2008, she was awarded the French Legion of Honor by President Nicolas Sarkozy.ĭuring the days spent on board, you are advised to wear comfortable clothes or casual outfits.
Nicole Bacharan was an Associate Researcher at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Sciences Po Paris) and a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (California) In 2008, she testified as an expert witness in front of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and Defense Committee on topics related to the full return of France to NATO. On the evening of 9/11, she left a mark on television viewers when she said “Tonight, we are all Americans”. She publishes op-eds in, and gives frequent interviews to regional, national and international newspapers and magazines.įor many years, she has developed initiatives to promote the transatlantic relation and a better understanding between Europe and the United States. She is a keynote or featured speaker at major conferences, and the author of more than twenty books, including several bestsellers, on international politics, the United States, and transatlantic affairs, as well as several educational novels for children and young adults.Īs a consultant on foreign affairs, she is an expert commentator for top-tier French TV and radio, and a frequent analyst on American, Belgian, Swiss, and Italian television and radio stations. Nicole Bacharan is a historian and political analyst, specialized in American society and relations between Europe and the United States. To round off your cruise, you will sail along the shimmering waters of Lake Ontario before making your way to the cosmopolitan city of Toronto, where you will disembark.
These three powerful waterfalls, renowned the world over, are an exquisite natural spectacle. From this call in Port Colborne, you will be able to see the impressive sight of Niagara Falls. Le Bellot will then sail the canal connecting Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. You will also discover the charming city of Parry Sound, in the heart of the wonderful UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Georgian Bay. The next lake, Lake Huron, boasts a myriad of islands in its northern part, with white rocks capped with conifers plunging into the sapphire waters of the lake. You will leave from Milwaukee, in the US state of Wisconsin, the beginning of your voyage following the footsteps of the first settlers, trappers and Native Americans, before a lovely sailing experience on Lake Michigan, a veritable inland sea. Set sail with PONANT aboard Le Bellot for an 8-day cruise discovering the Great Lakes of North America, in the heart of a flamboyant nature full of the colours of the Indian summer. With the exceptional presence of the historian and political scientist Nicole Bacharan.