3 September 2010
Today was our first day in France Well, technically we arrived yesterday but our mooring in Givet was mediocre and we were tired and had spaghetti for dinner, so we are counting from today.
So today we: went to the town market, did grocery shopping, put all Armida’s covers down, went through our first tunnel (500m long – we probably didn’t need to take everything down but better safe than sorry), used the remote control they gave us to operate the locks, had the river virtually to ourselves, had good weather, had even better scenery, moored at the cute little town of Fumay, had bubbly and Paté on the back deck to celebrate being in France, watched the local band parade through town and listened to them play the Marseilles' – and that’s it pretty much. Can’t complain.
Happy Birthday Tess.
Oh yes, had no Internet - seems to be the way in France so this may not get posted for a while – these towns are too small for even a McDonalds. So if you need to contact us quickly you can call, or better, text our French mobile at +33 630 818 417.
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