Hotel Oasis Luneville

... 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

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 ...

... have a shower when my wife of 16 years remembered that today was my 45th birthday. We went to place Stanislas had a great time and we opted for a light lunch at "l'arrosoir" nice little place close to place carrier. I drove back Marg and the kids back to the Hotel for a rest and I went shopping for the goodies needed for my birthday dinner. Andouillettes, horse Berliner, rabbit pate, and 6 different kinds of cheeses.... not a veggie in sight, this should be a great dinner.

... duke was sitting in his chair by the fireplace smoking a pipe. He fell asleep and dropped his pipe, setting himself on fire. Startled, he jumped up, and in his old age he lost his balance and fell into the fireplace. Of course, he suffered severe burns. Nevertheless, he still lived another 10 days. Of course, then the territory was finally passed on to France. He was a very beloved duke, and it was he who built the plaza connecting ...

... of the Dalai Lama. He carves the image into wood and then prints them onto paper. Sounds simple, not so. The images are amazing and so intricate. The work he did for the Dalai Lama (a complete Buddist medical journal) took him 13 years to complete. I toured his workshop and was lucky enough to get one of his originals. We stole a lift to Nancy with Marion's brother and were back in the capital that evening and snuck back into the nunnery for the last week on the continent..

... my thick accent and the fact I don't speak French he presumed I was English. Marion kindly corrected him, sending his brain into meltdown. "Do they speak English in Australia?" he asked in French, "yes, of course" Marion replied, "So they don't speak Australian?" An uneducated Frenchman, what a sight! We payed 20 euro for the four hour drive and the only threat against our lives was **** music.  A week in Epinal ahead.. 

... comportez pas comme un touriste et préparez votre porte monnaie avec toujours un peu d'argent pour un voleur au cas où ou bien pour ne pas montrer tout votre argent. Alors euros ou dollars. L'euro est bien accepté donc pas besoin de dollars, sauf dans les pays qui sont liés ou qui possède cette devise : exemple le Salvador. Si le dollar est la monnaie de choix dans un pays faite attention à n'emporter que des dollars avec des ...

... foie, il trinque et tout cela ne vous protégera que contre le paludisme le plus dangereux. Et j'insiste ce n'est pas parce que vous prenez ces pilules n'aurez pas de paludisme dommage vu leur prix (30 - 50 euros la boite). Donc, je me suis converti au traitement curatif à prendre uniquement si j'ai un paludisme. Donc si j'ai une fièvre si pense systématiquement au paludisme et prends mon traitement curatif. La prévention du ...

Our first exciting barge experience was attending Roger Van Dyken's Barge training course.



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 ...