Plan B for the Winter
Time for an update on our watery wanderings. We’ve been up and down the canals and rivers, round and about, …
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Six months in France, a year half full or half empty?
We’re approaching the six-month point in our two-and-a-half year French exodus. Some things have become automatic: Harvey doesn’t attempt to …
Culture clash
For reasons that will soon become obvious, there will only be one photo with this posting. We’re writing about some …
Dijon – yes, we can spare some Grey Poupon
We’re in Dijon, a city of about 250,000. What Pittsburgh is (or once was) to steel, what Boston is to …
Lunch … and a million sunflowers
Its all downhill from here, more or less. We’ve been climbing since Paris, meaning that on rivers we’ve been traveling …
Its about time
We’re deep into Burgundy countryside (Bourgogne, as it is called for real). The Canal de Bourgogne was built 200 years …
Masters of our own fete
Brace yourself. Overly Vast Generalization Alert. Out it comes: “The French know how to enjoy themselves and generally have a …
On vacation … or not
The dividing line between a long vacation and a lifestyle change is far from clear, as with so many dividing …
We’ll always have Paris
Paris. We’re finally in Paris. We arrived Wednesday, May 28 at Bassin la Villette for the Dutch Barge Association (DBA) …
Keeping a close watch on the market
We’ve learned that in this time of financial instability, living in retirement and getting by on what we’ve squirreled away …
European economic secrets
The economy. It is in the news and dominating politics. The U.S. economy. The European economy. Greece. Spain. France. Germany. …
Stars and Stripes
Today was a good day to fly the American flag on Hoop Doet Leven. We’d wondered what flag to fly. …
Floating through Champagne
We’ve spent the past week floating through Champagne, leaving the rural Ardennes, home of dairy farms, forests and villages so …
It isn’t all bordeaux and croissants
Lest this whole affair sound a tad too idyllic, we’ll tell you about today’s yachting adventures, which are not yet …
Locks … without bagels
So, we’ve been asked, just what is all this about canals and locks. Do they have to lock up the …
Feeding our addiction
At home in Massachusetts our dealer provides high quality product to feed our addiction. A year ago, the state government …
On a barge in France 