Life on the canals of northern France

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Freedom, fresh air, beautiful landscapes by the canal... More than just a job, working on a barge is a way of life. Between Dunkirk and the Belgian border, Gino and Jennifer show us their daily life on board the Tennessee. Even though their lives are less tough than those of their parents, who were also boatmen, it’s not always easy to juggle family life and life on the boat.
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 14

@svenheilborn1537 4 роки тому

Congratulations for your national holiday on 14th July France from your friends in Germany

@adnkhn2 6 років тому

Beautiful ❤

@daveslow84 3 роки тому

3:49 "This technique is KNOT very forgiving" ;p

@worldcitizeng6507 3 роки тому

Interesting, the boat 's name are inspired by the States 🙂

@herculesharalambides2040 3 роки тому

just lovely. congrats.

@qwertyTRiG 3 роки тому

Are leisure boats permitted on the same canals?

@klimakas 2 роки тому

Interesting video

@youp9543 6 років тому

Why the American state names, i.e., Tennessee and Oklahoma?

@zacaryrobichaud9888 5 років тому

Because a lot of American states were named by French explorers and settlers. Places like Louisiana, Vermont, Illinois, Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana are a few examples. Vermont is due to the fact that when the french explorer Samuel de Champlain came to the region and saw there was a lot of green mountains. So the word (Vermont) is the addition of the french word Vert (green) and Mont (mountain). Louisiana was named after King Louis of France and states like Illinois were named after the Native tribes that inhabited them before the Europeans came.

@youp9543 5 років тому

thanks

@eliharman Рік тому

Tennessee is a big riverboat state. The Tennessee and Cumberland rivers flow through it, and the Mississippi River forms its western border. Many people don't know it, but barges and riverboats can also navigate up the Arkansas river from the Mississippi as far as Tulsa Oklahoma. I'm not sure why the names are being used in France, however. Riverboating is a little different in America than it is in Europe...

@markoshea6833 8 місяців тому

The main street of Minneapolis or St. Paul is named after Pere Henepin? It could be cultural imperialism, the names. Not that I can judge. Is Detroit a French word, related to 'etroite', may I ask? merci beaucoup@@zacaryrobichaud9888