Hotel Poincare 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 :)

... King version of Super Size Me!

We arrived at our hotel in Metz and spokilly enough Rick has been here before. we booked in and then we were confronted with the tasteful decor in the room. I was worried for a nano second that this had been planned and Rick was going to tell me something but thankfully this did not happen.

It was then that we carried on with tradition and headed off to the bar for a beer on the terrace.

Regards

Baz

... 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)

Got up this morning and after our ablutions we took the road for "Domremy-la-pucelle" birth place of Johann of arc. Great trip and pics taken. We then decided to go to the local cathedral to check it out ... this is when we saw he sign for: " ruine gallo-romaines de Grand". Of we pop following ...

... s not enough time, it's to late!" and decided to just lay on the ground. Michele (the guy who is married to my second Auntie) lit a bunga and just held it in his hand. Patrice aimed a screaming mimi at Michele and lit the firework you can guess what happend next. 

Day 8We suffered a long and boring 6 hour drive on day 7 to Berlin. When we got there it was 7:00pm so we had dinner and went to sleep. The next day we hoped on a bus and went to the city were ...

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 ...

... different dishware, etc... We also went into a store completely littered with jewelry. It covered the walls, there were shelves and shelves of jewelry, and then revolving things with jewelry too. I've never seen so much jewelry in one place. And then, of course, there are the French bakeries and chocolate shops to drool over. It was a great excursion and Liz and I both wished we would have had more time to spend in Nancy. By the ...

Bank holiday weekend and the sun is shining! I've written this is such a hurry though - my writing is terrible sorry! The first few photos are taken during the week, the weather has been so great I have been eating lunch outside in the park area - a few of us have been bringing our caps in to protect our heads!! Thursday I was planning to go to the gym after work but decided the weather was just too good so I made a sandwich and went for a walk in Remich in the evening sun. I walked ...

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 ...

... 2 snakes Best food experience = quiche Lorraine in the home of quiche = 'Lorraine Province' Route taken was: Calais, St Omer, Arras, Albert, Caucy, Vouziers, Verdun, Nancy It has been a moving couple of weeks, seeing many cemetries and the sadness of World War One. Next stop is Strasbourg. Voila! Chris + Paul