‘argue barge erul * David Wishart Conwributing. Writer PARIS — Of all the | ways to enjoy the glo- "vies of France few eee. riences surpass simply sitting outside a cafe 4 in - Paris watching the . world go by. - t's a Paris thing, as estab- 2 “every day, along with mostly lished « ‘by “Toulouse: -Lautrec, Proust, Hemingway and many a young poet and dreamer and is @ good way to spend an hour a have a” we ek’ t to let slip ugh your - ” fingers then ‘step~aboard’ the barge - Anacoluthe ji the bigger. picture: This I gliding slowly and quietly fom one in of: Paris t to the ad and ‘down into Burgundy, my seat’on the deck offering a. moving panorama. of some: of the. best of France. °. . It was effortless and utterly enjoyable. Guests” meet .at a hotel .in’ central-: Paris:on a‘ * Saturday afternoon, there is a “ short bus ride to Bougival, you unpack, stroll aloft: for a glass of: Pir Royal; “and: meet, the - ~ Anatoluthe has a capacity of SI, but for our wip there were - ust over 40.—'a comfortable “number, : ‘said one: of“ the 12 strong. crew. Cabins are room very well-appointe: by. bag standards, and a quick ‘ browse showed that the opera- ¢s, Continental, . Waterways, hhas “its: priorities © right.T! eC” “cabin handbook, equivalent to .\: ‘the‘normally bland guest infor- -THE barge Anacoluthe ties up on the Seine, fust stepe the Elffei Tower. es 7 Cruise club talk - HOLLAND America cruise representative Wency Terry discusses travel options with the newly-formed North Shore Senior Cruising Club. The organization, set up by Travel Concepts, had its inaugural meeting Wed., Nov. t at St Stephen 's Anglican Church. For more information on the group contact t Travel Concepts at 926-8511. mation book in a hotel | room, has three pages about where to find the hair dryer, telephones and that sort of thing, and six - pages about French cheeses. Right. away. this reminds ~ guests that they are here to do more than soak up the atmos- ‘ phere; they. are going to cat very well, and as there are more than 350 cheeses in France. A goodly number will be paraded at iunch and dinner Burgundy wines, and of course _ well-presented meals prepared by two cooks. For some guests it’s .all. . about eating. I enjoyed the fact that it was truly regional down’ to the baguettes and croissants that came aboard every morn- “ing from: whatever village or town’ we: were docked at.” *. Lunch was a buffet with salads, “a main course, such as zucchini - and cheese tart or salmon in a rock salt crust, while dinners were: candlelic. and included foie. gras with figs, lamb ten- - derloin stuffed with herbs or . duck: confit. As. for quality I heard no complaints, and por- tions were not too big. ~~ My only concern was that days were too short, although we made. an early, start to visit .Monet’s house | at- nearby Giverney, beating the crowds: _ for a quiet stroll around the . gardens and lily pond. We had an excellent guide in Patricia who knew much about Monet as well as Renois and Degas, and their: models’ ‘love ‘lives, _ and when ‘Anaceluthe went by .. the Maison Ae cha she was. - luncheon of the boating party. We all stared at that day’s guests and made a note to come back. : Before long we were in Paris and tied up a matter of steps from the Eiffel Tower, no less. I strolled up to the Trocadero and found a news- paper kiosk, sto oping of course at a café to read a page or two. The man at the next table was . writing in a diary but heartily distracted by the girls going by. Later- we. sailed through Paris for a rare look at the city by night, and afterwards some - slipped away to cafés or to walk the bridges over the Seine. The morning was as fresh as ‘the baguettes for breakfast, "and we were Burgundy bound! The river meandered around the forest of Fontainebleu and’ soon we were in the land of sunflowers and chateaux. Our faithful bus took us to. Vaux le Vicomte, a splendid castle built by Fouquet, Louis X1V’s min- ister of Bnance. : The days and nights that followed: took..us to villages such as Barbizon, where nuns once made barley. sugar. and artists came later for the sweet life. Then there was Moret, in. many ways unchanged since ite simply, Nort Vancouver's . best location,.. - best waterfront view, best service, most:: - memorable! 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