We left at 9.30, Henk to follow 20-30 minutes later. Another beautiful morning but quite cool when cruising along the tree lined canal. We managed the locks with ease and arrived in Mittersheim before midday. The idea was to be in time for lunch for a change in order to make good use of the good weather.
We helped Henk in about half an hour later and then went off to the restaurant, him joining us after having getting himself organised, in case we needed to be in the restaurant by 12.30 p.m. - French style! At this time of year, it is so pleasant to eat in the sunshine - if we dine out, it gets pretty cool, so sweaters or jackets have to be taken along. We had the choice of four three course menus, ranging in price from €13 to €25.......and very good it was too.
We all chatted to a couple on the cruiser Thousand Rivers, who we have met before. They were a bit stuck here for a while as there had been an accident in one of the locks, where a car had driven into the lock, so a closure was definitely on the cards. They are travelling in the opposite direction to us, so we passed through that lock only yesterday. Not so good for them but we are a bit time stretched now as we are returning to St. Jean de Losne the long way round and we don’t have too many spare days available, so we were lucky!
Not quite sure exactly how a car drives into a lock!!! They were going over to the nearby bar for drinks at 4 p.m. (funny time for drinks). We decided on a siesta instead but Henk joined them for a while. We just relaxed on Aphrodite, showered and watched TV, which we managed to get after a lot of fiddling about and a re-boot. Lovely day!
14km 4 locks 2 1/4 hours
14 km 2 locks 2 1/4 hours
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