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Month: September 2009

Posted on September 15, 2009May 5, 2017

Cruising through Paris

Well we have had a few experiences since our last report, some good, some not so good. Firstly we arrived into Paris. What an experience that was, I have some video of it and I will upload it as soon as I get a fast conection. We stayed in the Port-Arsenal which is just beside the Plass de Basteel in the centre of Paris. We did the open top bus thing and

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Posted on September 3, 2009May 5, 2017

Barges on the French waterways

A wee bit of video

A barge passed us today (Thursday 03-Sep-09)
I wonder what the heavy metal brigade in Ireland would make of this. BTW the one in the video is only a 350 tonne barge, the one in the pic above is a two storey car transporter being pushed by another. This pic was taken on the Seine, it pays to keep out of their way…

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