First thing this morning, after breakfast, we got moving out of our spot just outside of Auxerre. We pulled into the lock to wait for the lockmaster to open it, which he kindly did 10 minutes early. We found the only available spot in the center of Auxerre, docked the boat, tried to plug into electric, and it didn't work. We walked across the bridge to the "Captainere" and asked about it but she only runs her side of the river. Fortunately there was now a spot right in front of her office. David and I quickly ran back across the bridge, untied the boat, and came across. We plugged in and ........nothing. Talked to the Captainere, tried everything, she even swapped out the plug, but nothing worked. We couldn't get the phones to work to call LeBoat, so she was nice enough to call them for us on her phone. They said they'd call us back. Of course they didn't. In the meantime we went up into Auxerre.
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| Heading into the lock to take us back into Auxerre proper at 8:45am |
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| Heading back into Auxerre (and next picture) |
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| We were two or three boats behind the black barge.....at first |
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| This is our boat in our new spot |
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| We are the second boat from the bottom of the picture |
The first place we went was the church of St. Etienne, a beautiful and dominating church in the middle of Auxerre. It was beautiful inside, and Adele lit some candles for a friend. She and I went down into the crypt (which is actually an old, original church). The guy had to let us in with a key, and we joked that he had to be sure to let us out again!
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| Starting our sight seeing! |
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| Inside St. Etiene's Cathedral |
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| Adele lighting a candle for her friend. |
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| Inside the crypt (and next two pictures) |
Next stop was in the center of town to see the Astronomical Clock Tower, which was built in the 15th Century. The clock mechanism was made in 1483 and still works! While we were there, we asked a woman to take a picture of us, which she did, and then we started chatting. She was originally from Washington DC but now lives in France, and before we parted, she reminded us to vote for Kamala Harris! (So we chatted about that for a while!)
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| The Astronomical Clock |
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| The lovely lady from Washington who took our picture! |
There was a market in the middle of the city, so we shopped there a bit, adding some food and some gifts. A man selling baked goods gave us some lovely cookies along with the croissants we bought. Then we found a nice Italian restaurant to have lunch outside!
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| The street market |
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| Ice cream car! |
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| Our drinks and appetizer (straciatella burrata with focaccia) |
Finally we went to the Musee St. Germain where they had many antiquities. Unfortunately all the labels were in French so we looked but had no information. Then, back to our boat to shower and change and relax.
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| Walking around Auxerre (and next three pictures) |
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| Outside the museum |
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| An excavation in the museum |
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| There were some really interesting sculptures (and next two pictures) |
We got back to the boat and were disappointed that we hadn't heard from LeBoat about our electric problem. We showered and changed and then talked to some nice people on the next boat, one of whom used to live somewhat near us in NY. Then LeBoat called and the guy showed up and fixed the problem in about two minutes. He showed David how to do it if it ever happens again.
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| David and the LeBoat repair guy |
We relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful weather, then walked back across the bridge to find a restaurant. We looked at a couple of places and settled on Chez Max, where we had excellent food! Then back home to have some pastries David had bought and then to play the longest game of Uno ever!
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Heading out to dinner
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| Near our restaurant |
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| My dorade filet (the sauce was amazing!) |
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| David's pork two ways |
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Adele's beef borguignon
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