Sunday, 14 August 2011

Various Photos

Hi Everyone,

Here are some photos which we were unable to upload from our location yesterday. We were next to a tiny village of about 50 people. There were chickens, roosters and hens running around while we ate dinner on a picnic table next to the canal and the barge. Needless to say, the quality of the internet was not high and we were also getting conflicting signals from Belgium, which was only about 15km away.

A Danish couple tried to moor their yacht nearby but got stuck in the mud. They were able to "raft up" to the barge behind us overnight (they were very tired) but this morning, both of us (barges) were moving and they were again stuck in the mud and unable to get to the shore. They had wanted to stay the day and go bike riding.

Photos show:

Verdun

Entrance to the Citadel at Verdun

Centre for World Peace (UNESCO)

Abstract art at the Peace Centre

Peace Museum

Sculpture at St Mihiel

16th Century wood carving at St Mihiel

Best Regards, Dave and Penny