The port de plaisance we are in for winter organises a 'Mannele Soirée' for St Nicholas day (6th December). We did not know there were so many people in the port. Actually some only keep their boat here and are not livaboards. The French contingency of the Rhine river police were there as well as the local pompiers (firemen). Best to keep in with the local agencies. A jolly occasion which tested our French conversational skills as it was quite a loud event with a female singer blasting out the numbers. The word Mannele is what we Brits would call a ginger bread man. Well that's the nearest equivalent. The 'man' is made of a sweet bread dough and is not biscuity at all, with a thin sugar glaze. They are traditionally eaten around St Nicholas day.
Margaret with our boat neighbour Vincent and a glass of vin chaud.
A few Mannele in a local boulangerie.
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