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January 2001
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...
Bill and Nancy
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2008 Deux Chevaux
Cruising out of Paris, we find ourselves back in the slow lane. We have been floating along on the Marne, visiting Champagne villages and...
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Fall 2007
Three days before Christmas It was 10:30 when we hopped on Vélib bikes at the Bastille, and rode down rue St. Antoine. We were bundled up...
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Summer 2007
Eight years ago, when we bought our barge, we moved into a village that we never knew existed until after we had been living there for...
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Spring 2007
In Paris, last fall was summer, winter was fall, and spring was winter. April announced itself with rain and cold winds, and after a two...
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Fall 2006
Back in the last century, from the comfort of our San Francisco home, we made plans for our new adventure as barge owners in France. We...
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Summer 2006
Living in a foreign country is a humbling experience. Sometimes trying to integrate into French society make us feel like teenagers who...
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Spring 2006
We waved to friends as we left the small port in Montchanin, it was 8am and we were on our way again after a pleasant week long stopover....
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Spring 2005
Minutes and hours creep by, and days drag along, making weeks feel like months. Even our weekends go on and on and on. The pages of our...
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Winter 2005
Winter was cold this year, and for a couple of weeks, the water froze around our boat, making ghost-like noises in the middle of the...
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February 2000
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...
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February 2001
Julia Child said that eating is France's national sport, and we feel like major league players when we visit our favorite country...
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March 2000
Spring has sprung, and while our barge is undergoing a make-over, we have time to enjoy the warm weather by exploring our neighborhood....
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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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March 2001
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...
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February 2003
Photos from our winter vacation in Los Angeles and San Francisco Back in Roanne
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April 2000
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...
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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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April 2001
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...
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