New Year's Eve was so much fun that we can only hope that the rest of the year will be able to keep up. Our neighbors Gilles and...

Our weekend away started with an upgrade to a pretty jazzy little rental car, and after a few wrong turns in Paris, we got on the A6 with...

Cruising along on the canals is not always simple comme bonjour. See how the pros get out of this one. And, if you can read French or...

10 years ago, while still in the planning stages of buying a barge, we made contact again with a childhood friend from our old San...

This was our view from the back deck of our neighbor Gilles' boat, Lisa-Belle, as we headed off towards the Marne, destination Chez Fifi...

We live in a unique French port. Most of the boaters here are French people who live on their boats and work in Paris. When we wintered...

Gilles, the vice-commadore of the Yacht Club Paris Bastille, organized yet another great port event. Neighbors gathered together on...

The yacht club had elections recently and one of us was voted onto the board of directors to be in charge of international relations,...

This is what happens in the barging community when Spring arrives and boats start moving again. Monday - We had an apéritif dînatoire for...

After taking part in a mini Venetian Carnival on the Île Saint-Louis yesterday, (look at photos #13 and #28) we went along with all of...

The Paris Marathon came by the Bastille twice today and finished up on Avenue Foch. We were at the Bastille with our French teacher,...

April is here and the sun just came out. Of course, it went away before I could finish writing this sentence, as the weather has been...

Life doesn't change too much. As San Franciscans, we went to Golden Gate Park on Sundays. Living in Paris, we still go to the park on...

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...

Our winter next boat neighbor Bob cruised away the other day. It took a long time to leave port because he had to wave goodbye to all of...

With boats moving again, we have been amusing ourselves by listening to the VHF chatter between the boats and La Capitainerie. Passenger...

The weather in Paris is unpredictable. After a very mild winter of cold sunshine, the weather has become unsettled. You can wake up in...

The last few days we have noticed some very tall people in our neighborhood. Power Strider is the name of this new way of hopping,...

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...

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...