2024 Adventure!!!!

 Well, here we go again on the wonderful canal boat Juniper!   Flying into Frankfurt, Germany June 13th avoiding the Paris Olympics.  Accompanied by Tom Forbes and our friend, Erica Enyart!  Erica lives in Albuquerque, NM.  We stayed a night in Frankfurt and enjoyed walking through the Old Town area. They were gearing up for the EURO 2024 soccer matches.  

Train trip on the German ICE train to Basel, Switzerland, the TGV to Dijon, then TER to Saint Jean de Losne, Juniper's home port.  Boat looked great due to our partners, Mary and Tom, having taken care of her.  

Settled in and saw the town; went to the weekly Market, had a beer by the river Saone. Went to a great history museum of the area  Then our nephew Greg Simmons arrived for the weekend, from a conference in Lyon. Greg lives in Sweden and has been on Juniper. 

Headed to Auxonne to do sea trials and spend the weekend.  Great weather for traveling and nice marina there.  Auxonne is a walled city built by the architect Vauban, who built many famous walled cities.  Lovely meal on the top deck in good weather.  

Back to St Jean and a fun evening with Greg before he headed out to catch his plane home. Spent another day in Saint Jean before heading up the Rhone au Rhine.  

Pictures to follow in another post.  Bonne Journey!!  Karen and Bill

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