BARGING IN FRANCE
I would love to share with you some of my adventure on our barge, the Betty B, while in France and some of the other wonderful waterways that we traverse…
Dining at the Cristal Room, Baccarat Museum, in Paris
John’s birthday lunch at the Cristal Room, Baccarat Museum. Michael has talked about taking me the Baccarat Cristal Room restaurant for a long time; usually our visits to Paris are too short. Now, we have [...]
Sens and La Madeleine – renewing acquaintances with Chef Patrick Gauthier
La Madeleine, with 2 star Michelin chef, Patrick Gauthier, was the special highlight dinner during my 2007 stay at La Varenne residential cooking school in Burgundy. Coming back to Sens this time on [...]
11th June, 2015 – Châlons-en-Champagne
After my wonderful few days in Paris, I eventually met up with Michael who arrived from Australia late last Friday night. Instead of going into Paris for the night, we chose to stay at an [...]
Food and wine on the Betty B barge
Travelling in France is one of my wonderful joys in life. I love the beautiful countryside, the delightful and interesting people, the history of the places we visit, plus of course French food and wine. [...]
Betty B barge is safely in Trier with Mr Boost, is out of the water on the river bank and awaiting the Dutch inspector!
This trip to France and barging into Germany is quite different to our usual travels on the French canals. We barge only on the Moselle and do not travel at all on the canals. River [...]
Barging in France without a wheelhouse roof!
We have been barging west for 6 days and are now at Bar-Le-Duc in Lorraine, travelling well, without the wheelhouse roof. It is wonderful when the sun shines, not so good in the rain and [...]
