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New series. Traversing the Baltic on board the Viking Sky, the presenter takes full advantage of the ship's amenities. Her first stop is Tallinn in Estonia, a medieval town with much ancient architecture. Next up is St Petersburg in Russia, where Jane heads to the Hermitage Museum, hoping to spot the cats that traditionally live in the basement. The third stop is Helsinki in Finland, where Jane meets a woman whose ambition is to kiss a brown bear. Finally, the ship pulls into the Swedish capital of Stockholm for one of the highlights of the singer's journey - a guided tour around the Abba Museum.
The singer and presenter returns to Naples in southern Italy, from where takes a ferry to Capri, an island famed for its rugged landscape, upmarket hotels - and shopping experience. Here, Jane wishes to fulfil an ambition she has had all her life - to follow in the footsteps of English actress, singer and comedian Gracie Fields, once the biggest star in the UK, who spent the years leading to her death in 1979 living in the region. It proves to be a poignant journey that comes to rest at Gracie's graveside.
The presenter experiences a side of France she has never seen before as she journeys down the Rhone. In Lyon, she visits Marche Paul Bocuse, one of France's most celebrated food markets, and has the cruise takes Jane through a landscape dotted with unspoiled historic towns and villages, she gets a chance to achieve some lifelong ambitions, including riding in a hot-air balloon. The trip also opens Jane's eyes to the natural beauty of rural France, as she recreates a childhood fantasy picnic, and makes her way to Arles in Provence.
The presenter cruises around Cuba aboard the Celestyal Crystal, starting and ending in Havana, sampling the relatively new tourist industry of the Caribbean island. A stop in Cienfuegos leads to a salsa lesson and a flying visit to Jamaica allows Jane to have lunch in, or rather on, a floating Rasta Raft just off the beach in Runaway Bay. Before heading back to Havana, there's just time to join in the fun of a house party in Santiago de Cuba. And as the singer soon discovers, no one parties quite like the Cubans. Last in the series.
