We stopped for an early picnic lunch at a small town, bAbergement/b-la-Ronce that conveniently provided a place for an easy mooring. The day, starting off cool, had turned very warm and we welcomed the chance to cool off in the shade of the canal-side picnic shelter. ... We chose an Italian restaurant, ?La bPetite/b Venise,* and we both had lovely seafood pastas, dining on the outside patio on the side of another canal that years ago had been used by tanners. ...
