The Barge "Apres
Tout" that we were on for one week. Only three Cabins for
guess plus the crew quarters.
The barge is 128 feet long.
If you are interested in booking passage on the barge, please
contact me for details or contact them directly at email
luxurybarging@aol.com
their cell phone text is Country code 33 cell 786-75-29-43 or
their website
https://www.bargeaprestout.com .
One of the
barge full sized bed rooms with a FULL SIZED bathroom.
We are off on
our trip down the French canals near the French/German boarder.
We even have a hot tub as shown on the forward part of the
barge.
During the day
trip from the barge we also visited the Baccarat glass factory
and showroom.
The main city
center in the town of Nancy, France
We are entering
a barge elevator that will lower us to another canal.
Water is being added to the
closed elevator container so that the container will weigh more
that the counter weight. Once the cable brake is released
we will coast down the tracks to the lover level.
This is the
elevator track down to the lower canal. The counter weights
outlined in red are linked by long cables to the barge
container.
This is a distant view of the
elevator system. The barge elevator is slowly moving up the
tracks. The excess water is no longer in the elevator so the
barge slowly moves up the track way. In this case without the
excess water in the container the counter weights are slightly
heaver than the container. This causes the container to rise up the
tracks. During this entire time there is always enough water in
the container to keep the barge afloat.
Because we are in the Loraine
section of French, chef Caroline (the Captain's wife) made us
Quiche Loraine
Sliced Quiche Loraine for lunch
Gazpacho soup on top of crushed
avocado - VERY Good.
On the barge entering a canal
lock in the town of Saverne, France
We toured the Maginot Line used
in World War II.
Tom, Mary Anne and Cynthia and
then the crew standing in the background.
At the end of the one week
voyage, we boarded a train in Strasbourg, France. Before
boarding the train, we must time stamp our train ticket by
inserting it into this machine.