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France 2011: Flight Home

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , on May 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Saturday      8 October 2011 All good things must come to an end. We’re up before the sun (again) and grab breakfast in the hotel before our taxi comes to take us to Charles de Gaulle airport. At such an early hour, the drive to the airport takes far less time than a week [...]

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France 2011: Day Ten

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , on May 17, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Friday      7 October 2011 Homps to Paris Strike! It’s time to say “au revoir” to our boat and our brief life on the canal. We wake to more seasonable weather, a breezy and overcast morning; by ten, the sun is shining through and it’s beginning to warm up. I struggle to pack my suitcase [...]

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France 2011: Day Nine

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , on May 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Thursday      6 October 2011 Puichéric to Homps Our last full day on the canal. This morning, we fry up the remaining bacon and have another round of the captain’s scrambled eggs, with coffee, juice, fresh bread, jam and cheese. Afterward, Rick, Karen and I walk into town to replenish the staples: bread and wine. We [...]

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France 2011: Day Eight

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Wednesday 5 October 2011 Trèbes to Puichéric Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We’re up around 7:30 and a group of us head into town to pick up fresh bread and croissants for breakfast. I snap a few more photos in the early morning light and purchase a few bottles of, you guessed it, Minervois. Once we’ve [...]

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France 2011: Day Seven

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Tuesday      4 October 2011 Carcassonne to Trèbes If only grocery shopping were always this much fun. We start the day with a number of chores to be done, namely laundry and reprovisioning. Jenny, Anne, and Rick head out in search of the laundromat, Karen and I go grocery shopping, and Mary remains on [...]

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France 2011: Day Six

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , on April 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Monday      3 October 2011 Villesequelande to Carcassonne Exploring Villesequelande. In the morning, Rick and Jenny bike into Villesequelande to buy wine and a few necessities and Mary, Karen and I follow on foot to explore and take photos. The road into town passes a walled cemetery; we wander the quiet streets, making a [...]

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France 2011: Day Five

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , on April 19, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Sunday      2 October 2011 Villepinte to Villesequelande Getting into the rhythm of life on the canal. Today is the first day we’re able to sleep in and everyone welcomes the extra shut-eye. As usual, Captain Rick is one of the first up and he prepares his excellent trademark breakfast, a crew ritual, including [...]

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France 2011: Day Four

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , , on April 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Saturday      1 October 2011 Castelnaudary to Villepinte Bon voyage. We’re up by 7:30 to prepare for a final run-thru with the Le Boat representative. This is our last chance to have questions answered before we get underway. While Jenny, Rick, and Anne stay with the boat, Mary, Karen, and I head into town [...]

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France 2011: Day Three

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Friday      30 September 2011 High-speed getaway. We’re up early (the sun rises later here than in Chicago) to catch our cab to the train station and our 8:10 a.m. TGV to Toulouse, where we change from the high-speed rail to a standard train for our final leg of the journey. Our destination is Castelnaudary, [...]

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France 2011: Day Two

Posted in Food and Drink, France, Travel, tagged , , , on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Thursday    29 September 2011 A full day in Paris. Karen, Anne, Jenny and I make an early morning pilgrimage to the patisserie in our favorite square to get breakfast. We take our pastries down the hill to the garden at the Natural History Museum (Jardin des Plantes) to sit and eat while watching the joggers, [...]

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