{"id":2041,"date":"2008-10-04T13:25:48","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T17:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2014-04-14T13:29:57","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T17:29:57","slug":"soane-river-saturday-4-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/?p=2041","title":{"rendered":"Soane River, Saturday 4 October 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using our WI-FI access key, Mike checked the weather, 42 now\/up to 52 by afternoon, 60 tomorrow, 61 Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 He sent Emy an e-mail to respond to her voice mail.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Carol sent an e-mail to let everyone know where we are.\u00c2\u00a0 Shoe and I filled the tank with water again, wiped the windows down, and readied the boat to leave Verdun for Chalon.<\/p>\n

We left Verdun- sur-le-Doubs about 10:45.\u00c2\u00a0 To reach out target Chalon-sur-Soane we needed to cover about 26 km \u00e2\u20ac\u201c with no locks.\u00c2\u00a0 Shoe drove most of the way, paying strict attention to all of the various buoys and markers.\u00c2\u00a0 We passed a small town named Verjux, with a bridge across the river to Gergy.\u00c2\u00a0 Supposedly, a young woman lived in Verjux and her geese would cross the river to Gergy.\u00c2\u00a0 Since, at the time there was no bridge, she would have to walk to Verdun to cross the river to recover them.\u00c2\u00a0 When as an adult she married the fonder of the department stores Le Bon Marche, she built a bridge at Cergy to connect Verjus to better the life of her fellow citizens.<\/p>\n

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Pat and Carol provide detailed instructions to Shoe from the back seat<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pat is dress for the first 250-meter lock (life vest required)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mike gets a photo-op of Pat<\/p><\/div>\n

The way to Chalon was marked by shallows on each side of the river; and they were clearly marked.\u00c2\u00a0 At Chalon we rounded Ile-St-Laurent and found the marina, docking area behind it.\u00c2\u00a0 Even though signage said the captainerie was open all day, we found it closed \u00e2\u20ac\u201c for the obligatory lunch hour we assumed.\u00c2\u00a0 At 2 PM, the secretary finally arrived and opened the office.\u00c2\u00a0 We paid for two nights stay, in slip number 125, a total of 17 euros, with water, electricity (which our boat was incapable of using), water fill-ups, showers, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Once the formalities were consecrated, we wandered through Ile St-Laurent, crossed the Soane into Chalone.\u00c2\u00a0 The sun had come out, we had a glass of wine in the square in front of the church.\u00c2\u00a0 Walked around and took a gander at all the architecture, half-timbered buildings, 17th, 18th and 19th C architecture.\u00c2\u00a0 Last stop, the MOMOPRIX to lay in some supplies \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially wine.<\/p>\n

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The Kir is gone but plenty of Red Wine<\/p><\/div>\n

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Boeuf Bourguignon for supper<\/p><\/div>\n

Once back at the boat, Carol and I enjoyed a Kir Royale on the top deck in the sun.\u00c2\u00a0 Then showers for everyone and back into Chalon for a traditional Burgundian dinner. We found La Rotisserie Saint-Vincent, at 9 Rue du Ble. The menu for 23 euros consisted of fois gras and terrine or shrimp egg rolls, and we all choose the ballotine de poulet, a boned, chicken stuffed with green cabbage and lardons and wrapped in chicken skin to hold it in the proper shape. It was accompanied by roasted potatoes and green beans.\u00c2\u00a0 For dessert the choices were an apple tart with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce with raspeberry coulis or a gourmet dessert plate: chocolate cake, cr\u00c3\u00a8me brulee, and poached pear (poached in cassis) with a raspberry coulis decorating the plate.\u00c2\u00a0 By far, this was the best meal we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had so far.\u00c2\u00a0 By now, the night chill had set in and we headed back to t boat to retire for the evening.<\/p>\n

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