Day 16: Polish boat arrives.

We woke this morning to another boat coming alongside. Not unusual you might think but given we believe you are not allowed to travel at night on the Seine as a pleasure boat it was somewhat of a surprise. The boat housed a Polish family which to AJ's delight included a boy not too much older than AJ. There was an older girl but she was really a young adult and unfortunately not a playmate for Esmé.

The order of the day was boat jobs so while the kids and I finished boat school and tackled the carnage that was the kids cabin, Patrick was in charge of the clothes washing (making the most of the free machines). AJ wanted to meet the Polish boy so we said hello and asked if he wanted to play after lunch. His English was pretty non existent but this did not deter AJ and the boy's sister interpreted.

So, clothes put away, and lunch eaten, Michael the Polish boy came over to play lego while I took advantage of the cheap mooring and free electricity to try to make some curtains for the main cabin. Over the course of the afternoon and evening I did approximately half what I had hoped to achieve!

Esmé decided to do some painting, something she had wanted to do for a while but like at home there is always a reason not to.... well today was the day and a beautiful job she made of it too!

After a lovely curry tea inspired by our Irish friends, we put the kids to bed.

Tomorrow we'll be helping a Westerly owner take the mast down on his boat and hopefully get some answers from Christoph the mast man!