La vie sur l'eau

We're back from a wonderfully relaxing holiday in France. We spent 2 weeks with my parents and my aunt and uncle cruising on the Canal Lateral à la Loire in my aunt and uncle's beautiful boat 'Decize'.

We spent long, tranquil days watching the passing countryside, reading, eating fromage and baguettes and enjoying a slower pace of life. 

I'd love to live in one of these pretty lock keeper's cottages.........

........or in a house with shutters like these.......

We explored some pretty towns and villages: Nevers, Fleury-sur-Loire, Gannay, Diou...........

The weather wasn't always perfect.............

 but it was a perfect holiday all the same.

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my last post. You offered me so many wise words of advice and have encouraged me to continue blogging. 

The past couple of weeks I've been in Scotland visiting family and catching up with friends and now after a couple of days back in Italy we're about to set off again this time to France. We're spending a couple of weeks with my parents and my aunt and uncle on their canal boat in Burgundy. 

Here's the boat.......

Really looking forward to a relaxing couple of weeks surrounded by beautiful French countryside and eating delicious French food (unfortunately no vin or fromage for me ): )

I'll be back in a couple of weeks with plenty of photos.

A bientot!