More travelling news. After Niderviller, whose baker produces (so far) the best 'pain' in France, we went to Nancy. There is an aire beside the canal and only five minutes from the centre of the city. It is a great stop, although much busier than we are used to. Lots of traffic and people wandering around.
The canal barges must be a permanent feature, as they all have post boxes attached to their sides! One even had a log store (for the wood burning stove) under the cabin steps. The aire cost €11.40, which included the space, electricity and access to the showers and toilets in the 'capitainerie.' The man who ran it was helpful, but creepy, so i refused point blank to go and shower without my small army of boys with me! I shouldn't have bothered. While the block was clean and spacious, the showers were freezing!
Anyhoo. Nancy itself is a beautiful place. Stanislas square is a huge space, surrounded by lovely buildings, with statues and fountains and the most amazing wrought iron gates in the corners that are gilded. It must get really busy in high summer.
The highlight for me was the covered market that had fish, fruit, vegetables, meat, pasta, cheeses, wines, cafes and probably even more stuff that I didnt see. It all smelled beautiful and the colours of the fruit and veg stalls and the arrangements of the pyramids of fruit made them look like edible rainbows.
The rest of the town felt very like Edinburgh, which is a good thing in my book!
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