Hotel Au Chateau des Thermes
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Upcoming trip
... going to Vang VIeng ( Tubing anyone ? :)
From there I'll head to Vietnam where I'll find backpacker jobs to make my way around the country or die with bootleg alchool. Or a mix of both .
Our first threesome
... into Belgium today there was a definate change. People speak english for a start. The place has a totaly different feel. Its very nice. The towns are more like back in southern france. They are river towns so have been here a lot longer than the canal towns. The canals through town are narrow but here in tournai they have a one way system with the vhf and some lights. We were all set to go through but i asked ...
Close enough to belgium to smell chocolate
... The current had me pinned. nice of him. We followed that barge through the next few locks before trying to find a place to stop. We rafted to a little boat in what is supposed to be a stopping point but as he was tied to some rotten old timber piles i didnt fancy it for overnight. So we trundled back into the traffic. Lots of traffic but as the canal is huge I no longer get the instant of terror when i see a barge coming. The river is also running in our favour for the first ...
So close ...Just have to talk klaus into it.
we made it to Cambrai. Its only 25 or so km but about 10 locks and we played barge dodgems a lot. the barge drivers were all very helpfull and even called ahead to the other barges to let them know we had bilge keels and where we were. Helpfull. Klaus decided to have a rest after we picked up water in the lock. Rae towed and i fended till we got outside the lock and i ...
Back in France
... the amount of times we swiped the pillow through the air at it we had no luck of killing it. Chris was up on the bed with a towel and pillow minding that he didn't hit the chandelier. I was in hysterics because we were trying to be so quiet but everything just echoed in the big old house. After quite a while I would have to say, the bee was put to rest. Then what did we see, a little fly. I won't bore you with the details of that one but its pretty much the repeat of the ...
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