After Interlaken, we drove to Corbigny in Burgundy to pick up our barge for our (what we thought) leisurely cruise through the French countryside. As it turns out, it was a lot of work with the whole family pitching in: Kiernan was our rope guy who landed at each of the 60-odd locks we went through, Kyle and Kerrick were our 'stick boys' who made sure we didn't ram into anything, and Madeleine who guided me into each of the narrow locks. It pretty much rained almost the entire time and each day we struggled to make the required distance and find a decent landing to tie up in (i.e. somewhere with electricity, water, and food). And of course, the best part was adapting to life on a 38-foot barge with its weird nautical plumbing... Anyway, it was a great experience and the family was happy but exhausted at the end of it when we tied up in Joigny. We then made our way by train to Paris.
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