Hey, that's us! With the autumn set in, we're back ... We hope you all had a great summer and that you have stored up enough sun to meet our Canadian winter.
summer went well for us. The days following our return were well occupied. We must pay for the lazy last winter but it has been worth it! Find our children, family, Friends were happy moments. importantly, we had a super nice surprise on arrival, we will have the greatest gift of Christmas, our beautiful Judith, the wife of Matthew will have 2 little princesses, binoculars. What joy! This is our first grandchild. Prospective parents are very happy because they''worked''for many years. Despite this good news, after a few days we had the taste to leave. Well, do not exaggerated! !
We have shared our time between stays of 1 to 3 weeks in New Brunswick visiting friends, catching up with friends boats Gusto-Del-Mar, Absaroque Kai Keiki and Rigalio, we have the chance to meet more often because Richard and Linda are now land reverted to full-time, their boat Rigalio is for sale ... very good advice to interested boat ... ... And I'm busy planning our trip to France, which was a nice spot. The summer passed quickly. We're already preparing for our departure to find the sweet France ...
The purpose of this trip, and visited part of the country, was trying to barge navigation. As our next project was the purchase of a barge, he had to try it before. We made a wonderful trip. Diane (sister to Yvon) and Daniel, her husband traveled with us. We have been started from September 14 to October 3. We arrived in Paris to stay 3 nights, then to St-Malo for 2 nights, to Juno Beach, where our Canadian landed in 1944 and visit Mont St. Michel the next day, a must. Then, towards Redon where we board the barge for a 5 day sailing on the canal Nantes-Brest. It was very nice but a bit too slow for us. Hence our decision not to buy barge, but from our project for two years in Europe is not returned to oblivion, we are looking to buy a motorhome. I'll be back soon with some more details.
After the barge, we spent two nights in Perigord, on the Farm Geneste. It was a heart shot. A farm of 18 th century family, although they are restored the force feeding of ducks. We have eaten foie gras, duck confit, all derivatives of the duck, it was a pure delight . We had a room with private bathroom, half board, lunch - dinner. And what a dinner! A preview: soup with garden vegetables, entry of foie gras, stuffed duck neck, duck rillettes, and for main course: duck confit, potatoes salardaises, ratatouille, good dessert wine to taste. For 72 euros for 2 people, it's cheap, cheap website ... if you want to see where was our stay at the end of the world: mazet.roland.free.fr. And the small town of Sarlat, located 12 km south of the farm is a true gem. Finished taking the pounds, we take the direction of Avignon with a stop for lunch and a quick visit to Carcassonne. After a little dance on the bridge of Avignon and the visit of the wine cellar of the Father Anselm and the Castle in New Castle Fiora du Pape, we're off to Cannes where we stayed for 5 days.
Rest, visit the back country, Monaco, Nice and walk on the Croisette were in the program.
We continued to Marseille via St-Tropez and Cassis. And it was already time to return. The three weeks spent in France has really donné le goût d’y retourner et c’est toujours dans nos projets.
À cette période-ci, nous devrions nous préparer pour aller retrouver Zenith mais ce n’est pas le cas car nous avons des acheteurs pour Zenith. Le ‘’survey’’ doit se faire début novembre. Si tout va comme prévu, il n’y aura pas de Bahamas cet hiver, nous allons faire du ski car nous allons rester au Québec. Disons que cela va être bien différent, mais ce ne sera pas une punition car, avec nos petits bébés qui s’en viennent, il aurait été difficile de partir. Nous allons enjoy winter in preparation for our trip to Europe, whose departure would be early September 2011.
I'll be back soon.
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