2019 sees us planning a big year moving Le Bateau from the north of France to the Caribbean. Jane has a contract teaching at Kingscote for the year so Ants will be cruising with various crew members over the next seven months through France to Bordeaux by August. Jane will sail in Portugal in September and a Caribbean Christmas. Ants flew into Paris on June 11th and then traveled to Pont a Bar He found Le Bateau in a really good state except a battery that needed replacing. Other than that ready to go. Now in the "first person". I was accompanied by cousin John who last sailed with me in 1984 to New Caledonia. By day 3 we were motoring up the Meuse River in fairly idyllic summer weather with the occasional thunderstorm thrown in for good measure. At Mouzon waiting for the lock to be available Typical of the Meuse River in quiet countryside At Stenay we heard about the Musee de Bier and found a huge grain storage converted to a Muse...