Our port is on the canal Saint-Martin with a lock on the Seine and a tunnel heading up to the 10th arrondissement at the Bastille end of...

We arrived in Paris on January 12th. It was a good flight; even our dog Toby made it without incident. After we took off, the flight...

On New Year's Eve day, we decided that it would be a good idea to go to the Horse for a giraffe. It was late afternoon, and we were just...

This is the Marco, the barge that we hope to turn into our new home. After looking at many barges in France, Belgium, and Holland, we...

Julia Child said that eating is France's national sport, and we feel like major league players when we visit our favorite country...

Spring has sprung, and while our barge is undergoing a make-over, we have time to enjoy the warm weather by exploring our neighborhood....

If you read Toby's last page, you know that he went to Lyon for knee surgery in January and that he has been confined to the house since...

The good news is that we are not going to sink. The bad news is that we caught on fire. We have just spent a couple of busy weeks in dry...

Spring in Roanne is acting just like the stock market. It just can't seem to get started. Every bright, sunny morning, all of the cafés...

Barcelona was a fun and relaxing vacation, and we were able to help our friends at the same time. We used our big station wagon to help...

The dawning of each new day in Roanne now brings the departure of another boat. Since mid-April, we have been to the lock many times to...

We have been in France for five months now, and we love the experience of living in a small village. Saint-Symphorien-sur-Saône has a...

Enfin, we are cruising. There is a lock at the entrance of our port in Roanne that we came through last year when we arrived, and we have...

Since January, we have been learning about France while shopping. You can tell a lot about a culture by shopping in the home furnishing...

We had planned to cruise into Paris last July, but it took us a whole year to make our way there on our barge with one thing and another....

We have been dreaming of cruising away for quite a while now. We thought we were ready to go last month, but we found out we still had...

Do you remember your first car trip after learning how to drive? Instead of just going across town, imagine that you went from San...

15 months after we went into the boatyard in Belgium to have our EU safety survey, now required for all barges over 20 meters, we finally...

Our last few days in Saint-Jean-de-Losne were hectic. We finally left even though we still had a small list of jobs. No matter how long...

We have just returned to Paris after three very pleasant weeks on the Marne River. We spent some time in Meaux enjoying the easy pace and...