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Five days R&R in Portsmouth before returning to Dublin
Our Gap Year has been wonderful and things have fallen into place for us as we went along. One such example was staying with Neil & Bernie on the way home. It was a great transition from our year on the boat … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Restaurant, good friends, HMS Alliance, Holland One Submarine, Portsmouth, Royal Naval Museum Gosport
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Our social life in Chalon- is wonderful.
Last Friday our boat neighbour Thierry and his partner Marie Ange invited us to dinner on their boat. What a Burgundy feast!
Posted in Chalon sur Saone, comments on life, Experiences on the Canals, On the Journey, People We have Meet on the Gap Year, People who have helped us on our way
Tagged burgundy, burgundy red wines, Chalon, Crème de menthe, dish based on Saône river fish, egge meurette, french hospitality, galette des rois, King's crown in galette des rois, life in France, Marie Ange, mercury grand cru, normandy cider, oeuf meurette, Pôchouse, St Vincent Tournante, Thierry
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Festival of Saint Vincent Tournante – Festival and Wine and Burgundy Culture.
Our boat neighbours, Thierry and Marie Ange offered to bring us to this annual festival, giving thanks to Saint Vincent the patron saint of wine. The festival started in 1938 and it is held in different towns each year. In … Continue reading
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Tagged burgundy, burgundy wine, Chalon sur Saone, Confrérie des Cheavaliers du Tastevin, Gilly-lés-Cíteaux, Sur le chemin des moines, Vougeot
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Why reading the Sunday papers depresses me
Living in Chalon, it’s difficult and expensive to find newspapers in English so I signed up to get the Sunday Times on line. After reading my first edition last Sunday I felt depressed. Why?
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Tagged Bill Kee, Chalon, Hotel de Ville Dijon, IIAS, Je Suis Charlie, Lake Chad, Lake Chad in Africa, MPs in Westminster and their new gym, paris, Peter and Denni Pringle, Pont St Laurence
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Our New Year Party- On a Barge in France
Roger Collins invited us to his regular New Year Party on his Barge Silhouette. We joined him, his son William and his friends for dinner. It was our first experience of a French New Year Celebration and what a feast … Continue reading
Happy New Year to All at home in Ireland or Geneva and here in Chalon.
On this Gap Year we have learned to go with the flow. Because of our car problems we will now be celebrating New Year with Rodger Collins and his friends on his barge Silhouette in Chalon, not as planned in … Continue reading
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Tagged Chalon, Chalon sur Saone, Dublin Fingal Rotary Club Members, people who have helped, saone river
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New Year in England Deferred!
Update on the broken car. First, we have had to cancel our planned visit to England to celebrate the New Year. On top of this, last night was the coldest we have seen (-4 degrees) and there was ice on … Continue reading
We nearly did not make it to Geneva and family for Christmas
Tuesday we planned to go to Geneva by car to stay with my daughter Louise and her family for Christmas. We were up at 7 am, Nuala has an appointment to get her hair done and 9 am and we … Continue reading
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Tagged Chalon, Nuala, people who have helped
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Adrian and Nuala's Gap Year 
Why do some people say one thing when their minds really are thinking the opposite?
As you know our car broke down on the way to the ferry in Fishguard last Sunday. We missed the 2.30 pm ferry by minutes and had to wait for 12 hours. So we did what we know works- find … Continue reading →