A bit more busy with commercial traffic today - indeed when we needed to turn, two big boys were approaching upstream, forcing us to go behind them both, before turning. Then a pretty 13 km run along the Mosel, the banks lined with grapevines.
We had pre- booked and indeed, pre-paid for our mooring for five weeks and our designated space was free - however, Henks’ berth, next to us, was not, so he tied off at the end of the pontoon.
We lunched on smoked salmon and prawns (in case of more sausage and schnitzel later - and we thought sauerkraut would be the enemy!!).
The men went over to the office after lunch to check in and try and find a chart for the Mosel - we had been told that they were out of print but Skip found a large chart with not only the Mosel but also the Saar and the Lahn.......not cheap at €45.90 but a necessity really, so the price had to be paid. Henk was asked to raft alongside of us, which he did and then Crew went to look at the menu in the on site restaurant and decided that we would all find something to our taste.
We had an apero on board and went to the restaurant about 7.30. In the event we all ordered Argentinian steaks and very good they were too, although still on the large side for Crew and Henk.....Skip valiantly finished his! The food and wine were very good and the waitress was lovely, with very good English as she had lived in Australia and South Africa for some time. It was just about warm enough to sit on the terrace too, so a good evening.
TV a bit sketchy but managed to watch ITV3, then bed.
18km 2 1/4 hours
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