Thursday 15th June - Strasbourg

Up and at 'em this morning - the boat needs a good clean inside and out and it promised to get pretty warm as the day wore on!  A few personal jobs for Crew, put a wash on (sorry again Gordon - it has to be done!!) and made up the beds in our guest cabin.  This cabin is used as an office, miscellaneous dumping ground, etc. so it takes a while to clear and make it habitable for guests, not to mention the complicated bed making......a maths and science degree is necessary to work the whole thing out and Crew is no mathematician or scientist!!  Some blue air in the increasing heat was forthcoming!  Skip meanwhile worked on the outside, getting pretty hot......beer time came a little early!  Skip had been to the supermarket and bought some bread, so fresh bread for lunch - luxury!  We both managed to get an afternoon nap in......it was over 30c on deck by now.  Skip had a business call at 7 p.m. but by then the weather had broken and a storm came rumbling over us, preventing any connection so we went ahead with dinner preparations and by the time we ate, the storm had cleared away.  A bit of music then we went below to watch a DVD (with a further storm threatening) and bed.  Our friends, Gary and Tina are due to arrive tomorrow around 2 p.m.