点评:DH & I took the Overlord 2-day Tour #6 Neptune. This review is of our day #2 British/Canadian sectors. We booked a group tour, but there were no other clients that day. Our guide was Antoine. The tour was a mixed bag. Positives: Antoine’s knowledge of the D-Day landing events is encyclopedic. He speaks English as if it were his 1st language. He added details that likely won’t be covered elsewhere. There were no questions he could not answer. Negatives: I ended up feeling like a mark. Unlike day 1 (where our guides dropped us off in an area with several restaurant options, gave a few recommendations, and left us to ourselves), Antoine made a lunch reservation (without our request or consent), at a restaurant of his choosing (that exceeded our price point comfort level), included himself in the lunch (we strongly would have preferred to be left alone for lunch), and then left the restaurant right before the bill came. He gave us no choice but to pay for his lunch tab. This seemed highly unprofessional, left us feeling set up and imposed upon, and soured our opinion of him and the tour. In addition, while he was mostly amicable, from time-to-time he got prickly. E.g., at lunch, he regaled us with an anecdote about how, on another group tour, when a woman asked for water, he provided water to the other clients but refused to provide water to her because she did not say “please.” With 20:20 hindsight, I would skip the British/Canadian tour, and seek out Jean or Lucas for the American sector tour.
翻译:我和丈夫参加了“霸王行动”两日游的第六站——海王星之旅。这篇评论是关于我们第二天的行程,主要游览英国/加拿大地区。我们预订的是团队游,但那天没有其他客人。我们的导游是安托万。这次旅行可谓喜忧参半。优点:安托万对诺曼底登陆事件的了解堪称百科全书。他的英语说得非常流利,就像母语一样。他还补充了一些其他地方可能不会提到的细节。我们提出的问题他都能回答。缺点:我感觉自己像个冤大头。与第一天(导游把我们送到一个有很多餐厅可供选择的地方,推荐了几家,然后就让我们自己安排行程)不同,安托万未经我们同意就预订了午餐,而且餐厅是他自己选的(价格超出了我们的预算),他还和我们一起吃了午饭(我们强烈希望午餐时间能安静地享用),然后在结账前离开了餐厅。他让我们别无选择,只能替他付账。这显得非常不专业,让我们感觉被安排了行程,被强迫接受,也让我们对他和这次旅行的印象大打折扣。此外,虽然他大部分时间都很友善,但偶尔也会变得很不耐烦。例如,午餐时,他给我们讲了一个轶事:在另一个旅行团里,一位女士要水喝,他给其他游客都倒了水,却因为她没说“请”就拒绝给她水喝。事后看来,我应该放弃英国/加拿大之旅,转而选择让或卢卡斯带队游览美国部分。