March 2003
Our California vacation was fun and easy on our brains because we could speak the language and understood the culture. If we wanted...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
May 2000
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...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 9, 2021
- 4 min
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 9, 2021
- 3 min
May 2001
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...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
April 2003
Our little village is on the move again. Friends whose company we have enjoyed all winter are again heading north, south, east, and west....
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
June 2000
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...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
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 8, 2021
- 2 min
June 2001
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...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
May 2003
During the winter months, we could forget while our boat is moored in Roanne and acting as a house, how enjoyable it is to cruise along...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
2011 Eclaircie - SOLD
After 10,394 kilometers traveled on bucolic canals and lazy rivers After passing through 2,589 locks, occasionally caressing the walls,...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 7, 2021
- 2 min
July 2000
Since January, we have been learning about France while shopping. You can tell a lot about a culture by shopping in the home furnishing...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 7, 2021
- 4 min
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 7, 2021
- 3 min
July 2001
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....
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 7, 2021
- 2 min
Eclaircie - SOLD
After 10,394 kilometers traveled on bucolic canals and lazy rivers After passing through 2,589 locks, occasionally caressing the walls,...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 7, 2021
- 4 min
June 2003
Our dear sweet dog Toby (March 19, 1994 - May 7, 2003) was our constant companion and goodwill ambassador. Taking immediately to his new...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 6, 2021
- 4 min
August 2000
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...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
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 6, 2021
- 2 min
August 2001
Do you remember your first car trip after learning how to drive? Instead of just going across town, imagine that you went from San...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 6, 2021
- 7 min
July 2003
The transportation workers in France were striking at least one day a week during June. The strike was over important issues, but the...
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Bill and Nancy
- Feb 6, 2021
- 1 min
2011 Our Certificat Communautaire
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...
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