Category: France

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…

Méricourt – Andrésy – Rueil-Malmaison We had booked to stay in the Arsenal marina in Paris on the 21st and, while they said they were not fussed if we arrived precisely on the day of booking, we were well set for arriving on time. In…