Saturday 6th August We woke to a not so nice day. Raining and grey as. Had our breakfast, trying to clean up all of the food before we leave the boat. Jannie dreamt that we had too much food and then not enough – bizarre!! Set off in this thick drizzle and had to go 10 locks and 4 lift bridges, about 15 kms. Got to the first lock and the crew dressed in their wet weather gear got us through no sweat. Boy have we got these locks of to a pat! One lift bridge an...

The photo above is in front of the Michelan restaurant when we stopped to book for dinner. Friday 5th August Last night we had the nicest dinner at a Michelan Restaurant in the village. The matre-de was a lovely lady and was so enthusiastic, telling us about her husband –the chef – and how she loved food and wine. She even said to us “don’t hurry to pay the account as this is the best part of any meal”. We sat outside under a large awing and at the ta...

Wednesday 3rd August Hot as last night and slept like a log until Jannie woke me at 2.30am. Yeh yeh get a life! It was pouring and she told me that there had been thunder and lightning galore and it really was raining hard. Woke at 7.30 and got up and washed and made our way to the stern of the boat where our galley and dining is. Set the table, had same breakfast and J&J went to the market to buy the bits and pieces that we needed to make diner for the next...

Monday 1st August This morning Jane, Paul, Kev and I went to visit the caves and the local village. We bought some bubbly and some of the aperitif wine which we had so enjoyed the previous night. We headed off at about 11.30am to the first lock only to find that it was closed. It is very frustrating here because the lock keepers have lunch between 12 and 1 and the locks don’t work! However I had prepared some cheese on toast for our lunch and I was able to...

Friday 29 July 2011 Wow what a day! Up at 6am, packed our bags, breakfast and then waiting for the guy to come and check the apartment (8am). Once done we left for the Metro - 2 trains - numerous staircases up and down and heading for Bercy. When we got to Bercy we had to come up out of the Metro and walked another couple of hundred meters to Gare de Bercy where the main train line left from. Arrived at around 9am and the train was scheduled to leave at 9.20am. ...