NANCY AND HIVERNAGE

Well we made it to Nancy, our winter mooring. Arrived at the port de plaisance and despite having 'booked' a mooring space it all looked very full. We moored up outside the port in order to go and see 'Le Capitaine'. As we were doing so he appeared. I recognised him as he has done a video for Nancy Tourism. Bizarre little video of him strolling around the port extolling its virtues. Quick conversation plus a visit into the port and he showed us our, the last mooring space. Our reservation was good after all, if not tight. Slowly moved Soraya inbetween the other boats and it's proving to be a really good mooring with quite a few liveaboards, English, Australian and French plus others, good social times.

Soraya in the Port de Plaisance Saint Georges Nancy

Place Stanislas at night

Only a five minute walk from the port is the city centre which is superb. The jewel being Place Stanislas a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lots going on, great 17th & 18th century architecture and surprisingly lots of Art Nouveau, more restaurants and bars then you could get round in a winter. Stanislas you may remember from a previous post regarding Madelines had his palace in the square, now Hotel de Ville. Everything is named after him, well his nickname 'Stan'. The 'Place' is known as 'Place de Stan' the trams are Stan, the buses Stanway, the small buses P'tit Stan, the bike hire Vélostan with the usual collection of Rue de Stanislas, pharmacie de Stanislas etc. etc. Still it's all good, the quality, facilities and the aesthetics. Come and have a look, it's only an hour and a half from Paris on the TGV.