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Travel Blogs from Vitry-le-Francois
Klaus lives. and he had better behave himself.
... Klaus. We did however have the light on with the heater and when the lock keeper tried to open his gates for a boat we overloaded the system and cut his power...oops
It was no problem he said. They also leant me a bottle of locktite to stop the bolts coming undone by themselves. I couldnt buy any around here so it was greatly apreciated. I am dropping a bottle of wine around shortly to say thanks.
So the saga continues tomorow.
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Stevie got an owee
Big day working on klaus. Got the gearbox off and after having to take the flywheel off, finaly got to the adapter plate that needs to be repaired. Well i say repaired but after looking at the thicknesses of metal i think welding will only be a temporary fix and will worry me later. dee somehow managed to get an exploded veiw of the plate from vetus so I could get the part number. its part number being ...
Klaus broke in a big way.
Klaus has really thrown a wobbly today. the mounting plate that holds the starter motor cracked and let go so the motor will not start. We were in a lock at the time so towed it out on foot and started phing around. i went to the lock keeps cottage and the woman there phoned the mechanics which it turns out is the one we tried to get work done in vitrie la francoise. Its monday so he is closed. They have very long weekends here. i figured we are ...
Three times three from south to north
... his hip, helping the little hand to break off that crunchy end to share. Presumably this will perpetuate the ritual in that family. It seems it is the privilege of the baguette buyer.
Apart from Orange being the place we will always remember as being woken by bread aromas, we spent a pleasant morning climbing the hill behind the town and then coming down on the side where the ancient Roman Theatre is built into the side of the hill. It is the best ...
Lots of water and forest, Vic loved it!
... DeGaulle's country house and church yard where he is buried, then we went into Troyes, a very old medieval town but being Sunday all the shops were closed, much to Vic's amusement. It is a lovely area, where I have been many years ago. We decided that night to head further upto Calais ready for the ferry back, early hours of Thursday ...
Other places to stay in Vitry-le-Francois
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Au Bon Sejour
4 Faubourg Leon Bourgeois, Vitry-le-Francois | Hotelfrom $59 -
Hotel De La Cloche
34 Rue Aristide Briand, Vitry-le-Francois | 2 star hotelfrom $75 -
Le Carnot
23 Rue De L'Hotel De Ville, Vitry-le-Francois | Hotel
