Americain Nancy

This is an incredible place...but I don't have any pictures... when I got there my camera stopped working :( But I really think it was a blessing because I just saw everything and didn't worry about getting pictures of everything for later, I just saw and took it all in. It was a much needed get-away and it really blew me away, especially the Cathedral! Mass there was unbelievable...and I have a new-found love of French...and their pastries :)

We left Germany this morning with fuzzy heads after 4 pints of strong German Lager the evening before. We let Pete and Tim know our proposed route and set off in search of some sun!<br><br>It was not long before we heard from the lads who said they were still in the mountains probably having fun so we plodded along the motorway heading towards Metz.<br><br>Nothing much to report apart from the consumption of BK number two, two in two days. No we are not doing a ...

... nice to see him and his family again. Fantastic lunch and same goes for the company. As all good things have to end we parted around 4 pm to go back to my brother's place for ... you guessed it another reunion with a childhood friend, Agnes what can I say... she will never change. Love her to bits even though she is a little mad (in a nice way)

... signs for 10km laughing about what it could be ... probably nothing more than a pile of rubbles. To our amazement after a pleasant drive, there they were... an amphitheatre and its dependences. We went back to Pont-Saint Vincent at the end of the afternoon for a pleasant dinner with my family.

... t surprise me because he is a really boring man. This was the last church that was left standing after Berlin was bombed in world war 2. Keep your eye out for segway tours, electric scooter rentals, 7 seater bike rentals, Bike taxis and old Russian Bomb safaris<br><br>Day 11We left Berlin and set off to Warsou in Poland. We on only stayed there for one night though and then we moved out to Krakou. When we got to the hotel we went shopping in the city and I ...

Got up around 7 am and got to the restaurant for breakfast. Typical French fare with "croissants plain and chocolate, bread, butter and jam" and the great taste of coffee with the addition of chicory to take off the bitterness. After "mon petit dejeuner" I took some goodies (unfortunately I will have to repeat this over the next few days) to Margaret and the kids so we could all a bite to eat together. After about an hour we decided on the program of the day and were going ...

Thursday, January 15 After classes, we piled into buses for mandatory tours. Some groups went to Metz or to Treir, but my group went to Nancy, France. This city was so great!! It's really broken up into two cities, the old and the new, and it used to be two cities. Both are now connected into one city by an extravagant plaza! The plaza is huge, and is flanked by ornate old buildings, including such places as a hotel where Marie ...

... than we would have liked to see (had some dodging to do on a fairly regular basis - "Elke, watch out!!") and a pub which served over 150 types of beer. I enjoyed yet another flavoured beer (cassis from Belgium) and Mitch had his trip favourite - a Leffe (also Beligian). After having paid, I asked whether they had any Canadian beers in their huge assortment and they said they had one, Maudite. Of course, it would be a ...

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Our first exciting barge experience was attending Roger Van Dyken's Barge training course.<br><br><br><br>Roger and Marlene took three couples, Laurel and I, Brad and Nancy and Steve and Pei Shan (interestingly we have now all bought barges!) and with much patience and good grace taught us all how to run a barge. We left from Toul in Lorraine ...