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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!
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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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Visit to Autun – an ancient Roman City
Silhouette, Roger’s barge was in the shipyard in St Jean de Losne. As the repairs were completed, he asked us could we bring him and Elham to St Jean so they could bring the boat back to Chalon. We used … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustodunum, Autun, Autun Hotel de Ville, Beaune, burgundy, Cathedral St Lazare Autun, Chalon, Church of Notre Dame, Emperor Augustus, Lycée Bonaparte, Morvan Mountains, Porte St.-André and Porte d'Arroux, Romanesque Architecture, Saone-et-Loire department, St Jean de Losne, Temple of Janus, the Amphitheatre in Autun
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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?
Posted in Comments on Social Economic Lifestyle in France, People We have Meet on the Gap Year, People who have helped us on our way, Reflections on Life
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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Hi Ho Hi Ho- It’s off to work we go!
We have only five weeks left on the boat before we return home for good. We have had a great adventure and year off. The year has flown and now it’s back to reality so I spent this week polishing … 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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Our Christmas in France
Suddenly Christmas seems to be upon us. So far it’s been a very different Christmas for us this year. In the past we would have been very busy at work in the run up to Christmas but this year there … Continue reading
Adrian and Nuala's Gap Year 
A Gap Year Lesson for Me- Sometimes You Just have to go with the Flow.
Now that we are near the end of our Gap Year, I have been reflecting on what the year has taught me. Definitely one lesson for me is that it is always right to go with the flow and not … Continue reading →