Alouette is a Luxemotor barge built in 1910 in Zwartsluis, Holland. She was first used as a cattle transporter, and later as a shrimp fishing boat. In 2002, she was lovingly converted by a British couple into a liveaboard barge. We are her third owners - Randy and Deborah, two Americans from Colorado who escaped corporate life in search of an adventure. After a few years of searching for the right adventure, we discovered the barging life. Having sailed for most of our adult lives, it seemed a perfect fit. We spent another year looking for the right barge and in the summer of 2010 found her in Roanne, France. We've renamed her Alouette - the Lark. And so in her 100th year, together with our two Russian Blue cats, we're shoving off for a life on the canals and rivers of Europe.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Just a quick note

We're in our home port of Roanne, busy getting the boat ready for this year's cruising season.  We do have our internet service set up now, and I'll start posting soon.  For now, I'm trying to add a geo tag to each post, so lets see how well this works - click on the location below and it should direct you to a map.  More later!
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Location: 42300 Roanne, France
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