We woke to a beautiful autumn morning, with clear blue skies.......lovely after the dreary days we have endured lately. We are cruising to one of our favourite towns, Dole - it is a very ancient picturesque town with some very characterful old buildings and a lot of bridges. It was the birth place of Louis Pasteur, whose father worked in the tannery.
We are now alternating between river and canal luckily, with good depth - Skip no longer anxious!
We arrived at 1.30 and moored in difficult conditions as now the wind was strong and we had to tie off with it against the current. We were assisted by a very nice young man - not sure what nationality he was as he spoke good English and also German but his boat carried a French ensign.
We had a late lunch again whilst discussing restaurants for the evening. As it was Sunday evening, we thought it best to have a wander around and see which was open. Both Henk and Skip went into town and found it very lively - there was a festival going on.....it was called Weekend Gourmand du chat perche. Rough translation the gourmand weekend of the perching cat!
When Crew arose from a short nap, there were hundreds of motorbikes racing around the river banks, making a heck of a noise and hooting horns.
We met for an apero and went into town. A lot of the streets are fairly steep, which Crew is not so fond of but worth the climb in most cases. We ended up in Les Cinque Senses, a beautiful restaurant with arched stone ceilings - apart from one couple, we were the only diners. The waitress was not over friendly but pretty efficient and the boys chose a menu for €29.50 but Crew just chose one course. The food was excellent.....hope to visit again some time.
The rain had stayed away and we got back to the boat around 9.30 so a bit of TV and bed.
21 km 6 locks 3 1/2 hours
We arrived at 1.30 and moored in difficult conditions as now the wind was strong and we had to tie off with it against the current. We were assisted by a very nice young man - not sure what nationality he was as he spoke good English and also German but his boat carried a French ensign.
We had a late lunch again whilst discussing restaurants for the evening. As it was Sunday evening, we thought it best to have a wander around and see which was open. Both Henk and Skip went into town and found it very lively - there was a festival going on.....it was called Weekend Gourmand du chat perche. Rough translation the gourmand weekend of the perching cat!
When Crew arose from a short nap, there were hundreds of motorbikes racing around the river banks, making a heck of a noise and hooting horns.
We met for an apero and went into town. A lot of the streets are fairly steep, which Crew is not so fond of but worth the climb in most cases. We ended up in Les Cinque Senses, a beautiful restaurant with arched stone ceilings - apart from one couple, we were the only diners. The waitress was not over friendly but pretty efficient and the boys chose a menu for €29.50 but Crew just chose one course. The food was excellent.....hope to visit again some time.
The rain had stayed away and we got back to the boat around 9.30 so a bit of TV and bed.
21 km 6 locks 3 1/2 hours
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