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Bill and Nancy
Feb 13, 20213 min read
January 2002
Paris is always a great place to celebrate New Year's Eve, but this year it was better than ever because we were there with our daughter...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 11, 20212 min read
February 2002
Roanne is a pleasant little town, and we feel quite at home here. It is not Paris, where we originally wanted to spend our winters, but...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 10, 20213 min read
March 2002
February flew by faster than Jim Shea at the Winter Olympics. Still, we managed to get a lot done, checking off item after item on our...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 9, 20214 min read
April 2002
Early one Sunday morning, we put our suitcases into the car and headed south for our spring vacation. The South of France, with its...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 8, 20213 min read
May 2002
The life rings are back in place, and geraniums have replaced the winter pansies. Eclaircie is cruising again. At least, we were...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 7, 20214 min read
June 2002
This year we promised ourselves that we would travel slowly, with no schedules, no deadlines, no hurry. We planned to cruise north to...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 6, 20213 min read
July 2002
The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer in Saint-Jean-de-Losne reminded us of some of the resort areas near San Francisco that we knew as...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 5, 20213 min read
August 2002
The joy of summer cruising is not knowing what you will find around the next bend. If you worry too much about sticking to your original...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 4, 20216 min read
September 2002
Damery, a little Champagne village on the Marne River, is so pretty that we almost forgot to leave. While we were there, the days were...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 3, 20213 min read
October 2002
When it was time for us to leave the comfort of the Paris Arsenal, the pleasure boat port near the Bastille, and cruise out onto the busy...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 2, 20215 min read
November 2002
Slipping confidently into our mooring in Roanne, even though it was a tight squeeze, we recognized how much our skills have improved over...
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Bill and Nancy
Feb 1, 20214 min read
December 2002
Thanksgiving-Roanne style. (How to host a Thanksgiving dinner party for 26 people when you live on a boat.) Step 1: Find two lovely...
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