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.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A Resolution

We are back in Tucson for a few months and I am resolved to do some blog posts over the holidays with pictures from our cruising season in 2013.  In the meantime, here's a pretty one from the town of Gray in France.  This was an entrance to the old chateau high atop a hill overlooking the Petite Saone River.

Happy Holidays everyone! 
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