A Voyage through Time on the Canal du Midi

France Today ^ | October 19, 2014 | Florence Derrick

[patton]

www.locaboat.com

you can drive yourself

[BroJoeK]

21twelve: "I used to read my kids a book where some animals would watch the boats on the canal and they would dream of going on a cruise."

Sadly, many years ago I drove over this canal four different times, without ever knowing what it was, or taking some time to stop and smell the flowers...

A beautiful piece of history.
There's an old canal along the river just by my home, but long since disused & filled in.
In New York the old Erie Canal has some of the same feel as Canal du Midi, but on a scale of one to ten, in terms of ambiance, if the French canal is a ten, Erie Canal... maybe a two.

New York State Barge Canal (old Erie Canal):

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!