Whats been happening? What have I missed? Not a hell of a lot by my scanning the last couple of pages...
Got back from working on a canal barge on the Canal du Midi in the south of France. Nice time too. Hot as hell, but beautiful.
The boat was a 100ft canal barge from the 1800's that sleeps 6 passengers. Nice boat really. I was expect fat, old, rich Americans, but what I got were nice Americans (yes, they were rich, but not fat or old). Had a good time with them actually. Interesting folk.
Managed to catch the Tour de France as it went through Narbonne too. Cool. Spent Bastille day in the Carcassonne region which was awesome.
The Canal du Midi
Such an historic and beautiful area.
View from one of the locks
A lock system where the barge can gain or lose altitude. Cool system. Working for more than 300 years, so gotta be good.
In front of my kitchen.
The only food pic I took - Home cured salmon on pickled cucumber with smoked salmon roe, peach & white balsamic syrup and creme fraiche foam.
All pics from my phone camera, but who cares, no camera will capture what the region was like anyway.
I never knew the canal system in Europe is so immense! It is possible to tour the entire continent on one of these barges (if you were so inclined!). I met people who spend their lives on smaller barges and have been as far as Russia on the canal system.
More info on the boat, region etc here
Good to be home though. Own bed and all that...
Got back from working on a canal barge on the Canal du Midi in the south of France. Nice time too. Hot as hell, but beautiful.
The boat was a 100ft canal barge from the 1800's that sleeps 6 passengers. Nice boat really. I was expect fat, old, rich Americans, but what I got were nice Americans (yes, they were rich, but not fat or old). Had a good time with them actually. Interesting folk.
Managed to catch the Tour de France as it went through Narbonne too. Cool. Spent Bastille day in the Carcassonne region which was awesome.
The Canal du Midi
Such an historic and beautiful area.
View from one of the locks
A lock system where the barge can gain or lose altitude. Cool system. Working for more than 300 years, so gotta be good.
In front of my kitchen.
The only food pic I took - Home cured salmon on pickled cucumber with smoked salmon roe, peach & white balsamic syrup and creme fraiche foam.
All pics from my phone camera, but who cares, no camera will capture what the region was like anyway.
I never knew the canal system in Europe is so immense! It is possible to tour the entire continent on one of these barges (if you were so inclined!). I met people who spend their lives on smaller barges and have been as far as Russia on the canal system.
More info on the boat, region etc here
Good to be home though. Own bed and all that...
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