Month: June 2019

Nogent-sur-Seine – Bray-sur-Seine – Montereau-Fault-Yonne We thought we might have made a mistake picking this mooring spot as the first afternoon wore on. Next to us was a large empty carpark in front of a substantial building of indeterminate purpose. As we were sitting there,…

Samois-sur-Seine – Thomery – Saint Mammès – Bray-sur-Seine – Nogent-sur-Seine Noelle left just before us heading towards Paris and the UK, eventually – while we headed upstream soon after. The Seine was now a much smaller river although it was still busy commercially and the…

Vitry-sur-Seine – Melun – Samois-sur-Seine Leaving the Arsenal, we headed off upstream in threatening weather. Once again we found ourselves in a 185 m lock, all on our own. It takes a while to fill a lock that size, and the weather, which was beginning…

Rueil-Malmaison – Paris (Arsenal) Paris Our final run into Paris on Catharina Elisabeth was entrancing. The approach took us past a fascinating and seemingly never-ending array of residential and moored boats of every shape, size, and condition until, eventually, we caught our first glimpse of…