Locking Up

we'd jump out either before hand or climb up a ladder on the side of the lock and hold onto ropes to make sure the water rushing in didn't send the boat all over the place. when the boat was at level, we'd jump back in. this is masa holding onto the rope while the boat is being raised.

Boating on the Canal du Midi

September 30th 2006
Like I said, we met up with Bill and Keiko, Masa’s parents, on the 23rd of September in Villefranche. We had some lunch there, and for the first time tried Cassoulet, a kind of stew/casserole dish made with white beans and duck. It’s good but very very heavy. We ordered a cab and made our way to an even tinier dot on the French map called Negra. We got our canal boat there, “La Peyruque� ... read more

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