The river narrowed so much that it was like the French canals we know so well and a certain amount of weed was noticed - note to Skip........clear the filter each day from now on!! The feel of the river is now, all of a sudden, much more French - funnily we all feel more at home, after our big German adventure. Having said that, we thoroughly enjoyed the scenery of the lower Rhine and especially the Mosel, with more vineyards and castles than we could ever imagine!
We arrived just around 1 p.m. and settled on a lovely new pontoon, with Henk mooring behind us. The pontoon had a security gate with notice on it to sat that the Capitainerie was not open until 3 p.m so we had lunch before going over there to pay our dues. On the way, we stopped to look at the nearby Casino Bistros’ menu and all became quite excited at the offerings - no more wurst and schnitzels!! We had all facilities, including wifi for the princely sum of €15.40......so much cheaper than Germany.
Some people were playing boules nearby and some young lads later started a fire in the barbecue near us. In the early evening, they broke out the beers, whilst keeping the fire going by finding dead wood with which to feed it - Henk also contributed a couple of planks that he no longer had use for.
At six o’clock Skip went over to the Restaurant to book a table for dinner. We met on deck at 7 o’clock for drinks, then over for dinner just before 8, passing the group of young lads who had been joined by some older men and were eating the burgers they had cooked and getting quite ‘merry’. As a precaution we emptied our drinks fridge on the back deck of everything alcoholic as, although there was a security gate, it was quite possible that the youngsters could still manage to reach us - better safe than sorry. They were still partying on our return but we said our goodnights and retired to our boats.
No TV here, so we finished watching Poldark on DVD and bed.
15 km 4 locks 3 hours
We arrived just around 1 p.m. and settled on a lovely new pontoon, with Henk mooring behind us. The pontoon had a security gate with notice on it to sat that the Capitainerie was not open until 3 p.m so we had lunch before going over there to pay our dues. On the way, we stopped to look at the nearby Casino Bistros’ menu and all became quite excited at the offerings - no more wurst and schnitzels!! We had all facilities, including wifi for the princely sum of €15.40......so much cheaper than Germany.
Some people were playing boules nearby and some young lads later started a fire in the barbecue near us. In the early evening, they broke out the beers, whilst keeping the fire going by finding dead wood with which to feed it - Henk also contributed a couple of planks that he no longer had use for.
At six o’clock Skip went over to the Restaurant to book a table for dinner. We met on deck at 7 o’clock for drinks, then over for dinner just before 8, passing the group of young lads who had been joined by some older men and were eating the burgers they had cooked and getting quite ‘merry’. As a precaution we emptied our drinks fridge on the back deck of everything alcoholic as, although there was a security gate, it was quite possible that the youngsters could still manage to reach us - better safe than sorry. They were still partying on our return but we said our goodnights and retired to our boats.
No TV here, so we finished watching Poldark on DVD and bed.
15 km 4 locks 3 hours
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