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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Mouzon

Toinight we are moored in the little village of Mouzon that doesn’t even rate a Wikipedia entry.  We are the only boat here – for that matter we haven’t seen another boat all day – not that we are complaining.
I got a mobile internet subscription in Charleville that came with the first two days free – after that it’s expensive so be prepared for some terse posts – so we have been indulging, to the point of chatting with Skye in Sydney while motoring along the canal.  Gotta love technology.
Last night we were going to stay in Sedan, which has the largest fortified site in Europe but when we pulled into the marina (which was empty) they were setting up the music stage opposite, and the loudspeaker was blaring behind us – we left.  We found a mooring off  the main river at a hotel.  Very private and peaceful and we walked up the gangplank for dinner – lovely.
Today the weather was fine in the morning and the river is beginning to peter out so there is more canal, but rural canal, up higher with lovely views and very peaceful, just as we had hoped for in the beginning.
I figure the average is about 1 great day of weather in 10 and our quota was up so it got black and cool so we decided to stop here in Mouzon.  It rained some but then cleared for the evening.  This town has a lovely Gothic Church, nothing spectacular just excellent proportions and beautiful stones, some nice houses and a patisserie that is open on Sunday, now THAT, and the four fruit tart we bought is worth something.
Terry has started the “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and we have all three so I may not hear from her until Christmas.
General plans are to head south through Verdun to Toul and Nancy,  and then maybe to Strasbourg and back to Nancy where we hope to leave Armida for the winter..

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