Our California vacation was fun and easy on our brains because we could speak the language and understood the culture. If we wanted...

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...

Early one Sunday morning, we put our suitcases into the car and headed south for our spring vacation. The South of France, with its...

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...

Our little village is on the move again. Friends whose company we have enjoyed all winter are again heading north, south, east, and west....

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...

The life rings are back in place, and geraniums have replaced the winter pansies. Eclaircie is cruising again. At least, we were...

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...

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...

After 10,394 kilometers traveled on bucolic canals and lazy rivers After passing through 2,589 locks, occasionally caressing the walls,...

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

This year we promised ourselves that we would travel slowly, with no schedules, no deadlines, no hurry. We planned to cruise north to...

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....

After 10,394 kilometers traveled on bucolic canals and lazy rivers After passing through 2,589 locks, occasionally caressing the walls,...

Our dear sweet dog Toby (March 19, 1994 - May 7, 2003) was our constant companion and goodwill ambassador. Taking immediately to his new...

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...

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...

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

The transportation workers in France were striking at least one day a week during June. The strike was over important issues, but the...

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...