over the past week, we have traveled south into the bourgogne region known for its tasty snails, white wines (bourgogne aligote, chablis, irancy), and ancient cathedrals surrounded by tiny pedestrain roads named after pecheurs (fisherpeople), tanners, and bouchers. there are also little roads holding the memory of the revolution (rue de la revolution). several of [...]
Archive for August, 2008
last week. and this one too.
Posted in 2008 season on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
bells at all hours
Posted in 2008 season on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
this is the view from the cockpit right now. we are in Auxerre, and, quite pleasently this cathedral’s bells keeps better time than any of our various ships chronometres.
last week we travelled up the rivers Seine and Yonne with guests from South Surrey BC and Maidenhead UK. it was a great trip and we’ll get [...]
nothing more beautiful than rain.
Posted in 2008 season, books/art on August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
in august. falls of water meeting late afternoon where seine meets loing. rivers joining rhythms and poplars standing in a gentle applause.
i hang the laundry on a hook of wind and grey cloud.
this rain making unscheduled offerings of time. time for standing under a door ledge or the back of a tree to lengthen our [...]
real beer
Posted in food & drink on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
don’t get me wrong with good wine at four bucks a bottle it hasn’t been rough… but after four months we were experiencing a certain hankering for good ale…
then our dear friends anna, james and jules direct from the uk showed up with literally a suitcase full of beer. our thirsts were quenched.
along with our [...]
the delightful fountains of france
Posted in 2008 season on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
so we are back in Moret-Sur-Loing, one our favourite spots, after two weeks cruising with dianna’s mum. from Lagny we first ventured to Meaux for its excellent saturday market, which snakes over bridges and all through the town. then we headed down the Marne to paris, spending a night in Creteil, where one of those [...]
