Today we left Nancy. The third time. It has come to feel like our home away from home. We saw fiends we met last year. Alan and his two dogs waved us in. The dogs, Lucy and Minnie, were sisters rescued as pups and loved trying to play with Rosie and Noodle. Lucy, a lady, got us tickets to the Opera last year stopped by for drinks and a long visit. I finally met Michel, her husband, who was away last year. Also ran into Rod and Di, Rudolph and his wife from Germany who were moored next to us last year. And Frank the friendly port Capitan who gave us parting gifts. A T-shirt, sticker, two pens and key chain.
Even the people who walked by port on their way to work, dog walking, jogging or just strolling were the same. Right on time at 4PM the two elderly ladies we saw each day last year appeared with their little dogs. One is a brown poodle, the other a white dog with large black spots. They sit on one of the benches for half a hour then go back to were ever they come from. And the guy who looks too large to walk arrives on his motor scooter complete with oxygen tank for the tube in his nose. We did not see the frail little old lady from the old folks home across the street who would come around every day hassling people for cigarettes. We were told she was still alive but apparently sick.
Terry visited the Musee De L’ecole de Nancy and raved about it. It’s an estate on the edge of town with beautiful gardens and a perfect totally art nouveau house completely furnished with the best examples of period furniture and art. Right up her alley.
We didn’t go very far today, just a few kilometres up the canal to Champigneulles where there is a Laundromat and supermarket close by. At the marina the market was setting up. It was charming at first then the music at the beer venue started up so we’ve moved to a quiet spot around the corner.
Tomorrow, direction of Toul.
The weather is still warm, almost hot, with the occasional showers which are entirely unpredictable. For the last two days I have been trying to get some caulking done on the deck. The sky is cloudless and blue so I get my tape out to start caulking and just then a big black cloud would appear from behind a tree. I’d have to scurry around covering everything with plastic. After two days of this I finally got my caulking done this morning before it rained this afternoon – Ha!
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