Category: Travel

Canal de la Robine - Narbonne to Ecluse Raonel

September 11, 2022 Spent the morning in Narbonne then left about 2 PM and traveled approximately 4.5 kilometers up the canal to a lock where we moored for the night.…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Homps to Narbonne

September 10, 2022 A very slow lazy day of travel off Canal du Midi on two other canals to the town of Narbonne. Once we turned off the Canal du Midi we never saw another boat during our entire trip to Narbonne, plus…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Homps to le Somail

September 9, 2022 A long hot day on the canal. RV's parked overnight as seen from our cabin window where we were moored in a marina at Homps. This section had no shore power hookups, but once again our generator worked…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - The Lost Photo -Moules et Frites

I did take a photo of my meal of Moules et Frites, so here it is.

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Trèbes to Homps

September 8, 2022 Today's post will be what might be called a day on the Canal du Midi. We stayed in a marina last night with shore power, a short distance downstream was the first lock. Being so close to the town it…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Boats on the Canal

September 7, 2022 A gallery of some of the boats we saw on the canal today. Click on image to enlarge.…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Carcassonne to Trèbes

September 7, 2022 A short travel day on the canal to Trèbes. The bad part was I had Moules et Frites for dinner and didn't take a photo, not good as that was one of the foods I had really been waiting for.…

By robrose

Carcassonne

Sep 6, 2022 - A day in Carcassonne The fountains are dry this summer…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Bram to Carcassonne

Sep. 5, 2022 - A much easier day today even though we traveled a greater distance than yesterday. The reason being - There were only six locks today, and three of them were very close together. After yesterday we needed…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Castelnaudry to Bram

Since it is our first day on the canal, this post will be an overview of what we saw and did. Sep 4, 2022…

By robrose

Frankfurt to Castlenaudry At Last

Behind in posting, this is for 3 September. We were onboard our flight to Toulouse, but it wasn't easy. After the Lufthansa pilots strike yesterday, Frankfurt being Lufthansa's main terminus and the third busiest…

By robrose

Frankfurt to Toulouse - NOT!!!

Just when we thought our travel problems were over, they got even worse. Breakfast, a banana and half of an enormous pretzel each at the train station. Up at 5, arriving at the station before 6, all was well. The high…

By robrose