Manifestation in Auxerre
...another word for a demonstration. In this town of 40,000, several thousand people went on strike against government policies. Their protest march was peaceful, long (over 1Km) and quite noisy (music, speeches, trumpets, drums....)
We found out about it when we went to the lock, wanting to get through. The Lock-keeper was on strike (actually mowing the grass near the lock) and let us know. No problem, we just went back where we had been on the river. Some of the trains were also on strike and La Poste closed ("..fermee exceptionnel")
