Blogs from Beziers, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe

Our plan was to go down in the afternoon session of the Fonserannes Staircase of locks, rather than the 8am – 9:30am session, because there had been several boats in front of us when we arrived last night. When we were first up, as we were moving the boat to where you queue at 8:30, we saw that the lock was open and one boat was in there already so we decided to go straight in. The boats ahead of us were halfway down and there were at least 3 lock keepers so they must be able to manage several basins of boats at once, rather than having one set get through all before starting the next as you have to when there is only 1 lock keeper. The whole process of going down 7 basins, ... read more

We left Homps this morning and spent a long time at the first lock waiting for our turn so we only made it into Argens-Minervois just before lunchtime. As the next lock wouldn’t open for a while, we stopped and had a walk around the town, before returning to the boat for lunch. After 2pm, we set off again and passed through the towns of Roubia, Paraza, Ventenac-en-Minervois and le Somail. Just past le Somail, the canal splits into 2, with one branch leading towards Navaronne and another continuing as the Canal du Midi. We continued on, past the village of Argeliers, and moored for the night with vineyards on both sides of the canal.... read more

This morning it was cold and windy in Avignon. It was so cold and blustery that Tatiana served breakfast upstairs in the house. We were told when we arrived that the venue for breakfast depends entirely on the forecast! It's hard to know why people act like Melbourne is the only place in the world that experiences highly variable weather; it was 30°C in Avignon yesterday and today the temperature will be lucky to reach 20°C. We are getting better at negotiating our way into the towns that we are visiting! This morning Bernie had picked out a well-located parking garage on a map of Nîmes that he found on the Internet and programmed the address into the Sat-Nav. The Sat-Nav duly guided us straight down the A9 and into the centre of Nîmes without us ... read more

Bon ben ca se précise, j ai enfin envoyer mon préavis de mon appartement!! J ai eu du mal a l'envoyer parceque ca fait quand meme plus de 3 ans que j'y vis, mais je dois aller de l'avant. Je vais donc retourner chez mes parents d'ici à peu pres un mois. Je sens que ca va etre compliquer de faire machine arriere et de retourner dans ma petite chambre, mais on va dire que c est pour la bonne cause.... Ca faisai deja plusieurs jours que je reportai l'envoi de ce fameux préavis, car bcp de choses se bousculaient dans ma tete, mais c'est fait, je ne peux plus vraiment reculer....!! Bref, je vais donc commencer les cartons et trier tout ce que je vend ou ce que je vais jeter! a plus tard pour ... read more

Bon ben voila! J ai enfin eu le sésame tant attendu ! J'ai jusqu au 10/01/2012 pour partir. Je vais commencer a faire mes cartons et a retourner chez ms parents pour économiser un peu ! je vous tiens au courant de la suite dés que ca deviendra interessant :)... read more