on the seine under a well established art museum, probably buffed now…
canal st. denis, north of central paris.
Archive for May, 2008
paris
Posted in 2008 season on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
last night moored on the seine in melun
Posted in 2008 season on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Moret-Sur-Loing
Posted in 2008 season on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
since thursday afternoon we have been moored in this great spot (see right) on the loing river. It’s just a short walk along the river bank into the small (less than four cafes on the main drag) walled town of moret-sur-loing. on friday, we had a great afternoon coffee in the old market square at [...]
happy hour in the cockpit
Posted in 2008 season on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
duck confit & fish stew
Posted in 2008 season, food & drink on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
it’s been another hard week on the big canal seas…lots of wine with new friends john & suzanne and yvonne & david, visiting us from their fraser river float-homes. we first met john when his family donated their sailboat, nyon, to SALTS and j and i went to get the keys for her delivery to [...]
eclusier = lock-keeper
Posted in 2008 season on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
greetings from montargis “venice of the gatinais”.
the night before last night two h&m clad friends of ours, emily and tom from kingston ontario, miraculously showed up amidst a diabolical thundershower. to celebrate, over the coarse of the evening we demolished 3 bottles of wine, and killed the last of our bottle of carrfours (think walmart [...]
weeks of local wines and patisseries
Posted in 2008 season, food & drink on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
bonjour mes amies,
since our time in Nevers a week and a half ago, we have had our good friends greg, alexia and their 3 month old daughter berlin aboard. this week three out of four of berlin’s grandparents are aboard, so our baby holding time has been understandably cut-back. however, every time the grandparents leave [...]
ok, more like 4km/hr
Posted in 2008 season on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
hi again all, so we have been slowly on the move for about three weeks. its been great and we (i) have only hit stuff (lock entrances) twice. it’s been about three weeks since the last post because internet access has been quite lame (i know i know, what poor deprived children of the developed [...]
