OTHER PURSUITS

It's that time of year that we say goodbye to Soraya and navigation for a while. Strasbourg has been great and there will be a lot more to report in the winter when we return after our Autumn navigation for hivernage. A couple of photographs of our last couple of days there in searing heat here in the east.

Margaret browsing the free book exchange.

This 'Livres en Liberté' is the largest we have come across so far, with a good selection of books in French, German and English. Running in the park yesterday morning I came across this turtle walking across the road. Not a good idea. After consultation with a fellow runner we decided to hasten it's passage over the road, for potentially its own good. I picked it up carefully and yes it did try to urinate over me. I used to have a tortoise as a child so was aware of the possibility. We returned it to the lake edge. A few seconds later it re-entered the water and slowly swam off.

Close up of a turtle, as the previous blog post.

Passing by the European Parliment and the Union Jack is still flying! Thought they may have taken it down or lowered it to half mast. Have we always been at the end or is that space reserved for leavers?

A Union of flags.

No more blog posts until we return to Strasbourg and commence our Autumn navigation in mid September. Off on the TGV to Paris and Eurostar to London to meet Martyn and Charlie at The Plum and Spilt Milk? Have a great summer. Did I mention the whirlwind? Well as the saying goes, more of that later.