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Leaving our home in Brighton on 1st April we arrived back in Brugge on the 2nd. Yes it is a long trip, with 6 hours in HCMC to break the tedium. Normally we start the engines of our Joie de Vivre within a few days of landing but as we know all good plans of… Read more
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After being on the move for 6 months, we arrived back at our winter port in Brugge on 29th September. With still a month until we would depart for Melbourne, we decide to catch the train to Paris for a few days. Paris Sojourn Travelling with our friends Ann and Julie we stayed in a… Read more
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Sitting here in Brugge, only 8 degrees outside our cosy boat, with the rain tinkling on the roof, I am beginning to think that we should have already started our trek back to Melbourne. But we have another few weeks yet! Time to catch up with the last leg of our voyage for this year… Read more
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Zeeland is one of my favourite parts of the world. If you like the boat culture, open waters, pristine beaches and freshly caught seafood (from the fishing boats, of course), this southern area of the Netherlands should be on your bucket list Day 1 Rotterdam to Middleharnis 1 lock 51kms On leaving the Veerhaven it… Read more
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Day 1 Wesel to Lake Bijland 51 kms Day 2 Lake Bijland to Zaltbommel 72 kms I looked back at our days travelling on the Marne au Rhin canal, where we we lucky to cover 10 kms in a day. 72 kms seems an impossibly long journey, but with no locks and about 5 kms… Read more
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Just to recap, we travelled from Willingen to Koblez on the Rhine, 1 lock 15 kms Our first port on the Rhine was a harbour just upstream from Koblenz. As we turned from the Mosel to navigate upstream our speed across the ground reduced to about 5kms per hour from 10 kms per hour. Thankfully… Read more
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Day 1 Saarburg to Schweich 2 locks 33 kms It was well worth the struggle along the Marne au Rhin to be able to navigate down this majestic river. The passing scenery was spectacular. The vineyards look like varying shades of a green patchwork quilt draped over the steep hillsides. The tops of the hills… Read more
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Leaving Konz we made a short detour up the Saar to Saarburg Day 1 Konz to Saarburg 1 lock 11 kms The town is dominated by and owes its existence to the now ruined castle of Schlossbergring. The river Leuk bisects the town, before joining the Saar. This river was redirected in the 13th century… Read more
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At this stage I have added a map so you have a visual understanding where we are. Leaving France we continued on the Moselle (the Musel in Luxembourg and the Mosel in Germany) and crossed the border into Luxembourg/Germany. The river is the demarcation line between Luxembourg and Germany. As we travel North down the… Read more
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The Moselle rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north eastern France to Luxembourg and then to Germany, where it joins the Rhine at Koblenz. The total length is 544kms. The section from Nancy to the border with Luxembourg is 113 kms with 12 locks. Just to recap Day 1 Nancy to Pont au… Read more
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