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2010 Bonne Année à toutes et tous
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20213 min read
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2009 Savigny en Tous Sens
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20212 min read
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2009 Croisement Difficile
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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2009 Plouarzel, au bout du monde
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20214 min read
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2009 Chez FiFi
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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2009 There are kids on our block
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20215 min read
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2009 Mise en bouteille sur le quai
Gilles, the vice-commadore of the Yacht Club Paris Bastille, organized yet another great port event. Neighbors gathered together on...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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2008 Yacht Club Paris Bastille
The yacht club had elections recently and one of us was voted onto the board of directors to be in charge of international relations,...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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2008 Spring is Here
This is what happens in the barging community when Spring arrives and boats start moving again. Monday - We had an apéritif dînatoire for...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20212 min read
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2008 Venetian Carnival
After taking part in a mini Venetian Carnival on the ÃŽle Saint-Louis yesterday, (look at photos #13 and #28) we went along with all of...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20212 min read
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2008 Paris Marathon
The Paris Marathon came by the Bastille twice today and finished up on Avenue Foch. We were at the Bastille with our French teacher,...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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2008 April in Paris
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20214 min read
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2008 Sunday in the Park
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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2008 Canal Saint-Martin Barge Picnic
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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2008 Lady Lorne
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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2008 Bistrot en Seine
With boats moving again, we have been amusing ourselves by listening to the VHF chatter between the boats and La Capitainerie. Passenger...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20212 min read
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2008 Farewell Parties
The weather in Paris is unpredictable. After a very mild winter of cold sunshine, the weather has become unsettled. You can wake up in...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20212 min read
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2008 Hopping around Paris
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,...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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January 2000
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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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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...
Bill and Nancy
Feb 13, 20213 min read
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