Off to France

The first night in France - in Agen - which is a beautiful place with many old buildings.  Dirk and I walked around for a bit and  I was very taken with the clouds of water droplets which come out of a line of poles 

down the main street. - they are very refreshing and of course the kids love them.  Agen has many 

beautiful buildings as well as an old aquaduct built in the middle of the nineteenth century which looks very fine indeed.  

This is a picture of Dirk's boat which is called 'the Ampesan' which is the name of the first boat he sailed on after he left school and became a mess boy.  Ampesan is a place in Indonesia.  The boat was probably built as a tug boat for use in a harbour and then had the living quarters put on the top during the 1960's, although this is all speculation as the boat didn't have papers until the 1980's. 

Originally I was a bit worried that it was rather small but all three of us (Dirk, me and the dog JImmy) have managed to find our spaces and settle down together OK.

July 24th