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Category Archives: People We have Meet on the Gap Year
Meeting Tom Carolyn Emily & Georgia
We have met lots of interesting people on our Gap Year. In a many ways it’s the people who make the trip great for us. Among those people were Tom and Carolyn and their children Emily and Georgia from Canada.
Posted in On the Journey, People We have Meet on the Gap Year
Tagged strasbourg, The Rhine, Worms Germany
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Visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg
We got to visit the European Parliament on Tuesday 17th June. You cannot just show up at the Parliament, you have to arrange the visit in advance. We would like to thank MEP Gay Mitchell for arranging the visit for … Continue reading
Posted in On the Journey, People We have Meet on the Gap Year, People who have helped us on our way, Places visited, Travel Tips
Tagged EU Parliament member states, European Parliament, Gay Mitchell, Heidelberg College, Mosel, Paris to Berlin via Nancy, strasbourg, visiting European Parliament
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What I feared Most Happened
I have always said to Nuala, that on the Gap Year, the biggest risk was that one of us would get sick. The boat is great, designed and built to handle all the different type of water conditions we have … Continue reading
We have reached our Everest – Lock 1 at Demange aux Eaux
For the last three days, since we left Vitry le Francois, we have being climbing up to the summit. On a canal that means locks and we have gone through 71 to get here. Nuala and I have become a … Continue reading
People who make our Gap Year more interesting….
Over the last two months we have met some interesting people on other boats. Generally boaters are very helpful, friendly people and quickly tell you their story. They will rush to help you tie up the boat when you arrive, … Continue reading
Nuala gets her hair cropped!
I have been asking Nuala for years, to try a shorter hair style. She has always said no as she had the idea in her head that short hair is for older people. Hair style is very important to Nuala … Continue reading
We did not want to leave Meaux
We spent from last Thursday up until yesterday in Meaux (Pronounced Mo) which is on the river Marne and is famous for its Brie cheese and Pommery Moutarde du Meaux (mustard). Neither of us wanted to leave and we had … Continue reading
Since we started our Gap Year we keep having amazing coincidences- Can someone please explain it to me?
Speaking to my new account manager Ben Aliaga-Kelly in Merrion Stockbrokers yesterday, he asked did I get the email he had sent with photos of the boat? I said I had not and he resent on the spot. It showed … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal marina Paris, Ben Aliaga-Kelly, Berlin, C'est la Vie, Calais, Cambrai, Dr Angelika and Franz Paulus, Eiffel Tower, English Channel, Fredrick Ozanam, Ivan Fox, Merrion Stockbrokers, paris, St Padre Pio, SVP
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10 Days of Sight Seeing in Paris- Its been great but time to leave
We have now being in Paris for ten days and have done lots of sightseeing and shopping. We have been here before a number of times before as we both love Paris. Therefore we did not revisit the usual well … Continue reading
Adrian and Nuala's Gap Year 
I love France but……………
I love our time in France but sometimes it can be frustrating. This week we arrived in Nancy and booked into Port St George. It rained all day. It cost €20 per day and Nuala refused to move off the … Continue reading →