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The Rhine Again- going up stream now – a different story!
We are back on the Rhine again since last Friday. I was going to write a blog about buying carpets for the boat but that will have to wait as going up river on the Rhine is happening now and … Continue reading
Munster Again ! – Because Nuala says best charity shop in Germany is here
We spend the last two days in Munster. It’s great because you can moor in the old harbour close to the centre of town. We stopped again on the return trip because Nuala wanted to revisit the charity shop! Also … Continue reading
A day in Wolfsburg- the home of Volkswagen
We had planned to go and visit the VW AutoStradt and once we had completed the factory tour at 1 pm, we would leave and get on our way again. However, it was such an interesting place, we ended up staying … Continue reading
Posted in front page, Places visited
Tagged car showrooms, Car Stacker, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Museum, VW, VW AutoStradt, VW Golf, Wolfsburg
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We have become so flexible with planning and targets – it’s scary
Nuala and I agreed last week that after Berlin we would cruise for long days and get back to Koblenz (825 km away), as soon as possible in case the water levels on the Rhine start to rise. That was … Continue reading
Leaving Berlin to go to Potsdam – An Interesting City
We got up early (at 7 am) to leave Berlin before the tourist boats got going. Again this proved to be a wise decision as we passed through Charlottenburg Lock and were out on the Havel See (Lake) by 9.am, … Continue reading
Today we leave Zeuthen in former East Germany after 39 days.
Today we dragged ourselves away from Boothaus Roll in Zeuthen. We have been here since 12th July. This is the longest we stayed anywhere. In our hearts we did not want to move but we must as we have a Gap … Continue reading
Posted in Berlin, C'est La Vie - The Boat, On the Journey, People We have Meet on the Gap Year, People who have helped us on our way, Places visited
Tagged Arsenal marina Paris, Berlin, Berlin TV tower, Dr Angelia and Franz Paulus, Havel Canal, Herr Roll, Koblenz, Mittelland Canal, Moselle River, Netto Supermarkets, Potsdam, Rhine, Skerries Sailing Club, Zeuthen
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Why have you seen a number of times on the blog- Sorry no Blog – No Internet!
To keep in touch with family and friends and to put our blogs online, we need internet and mobile phone coverage on the boat. Thus, we have had to have our own mobile Internet devices.
Posted in Berlin, On the Journey, Paris, Places visited
Tagged Berlin, Bill Kee, Douai, Dover Delivery Team, Facebook, France, French sim card, german sim card, Germany, internet and phone coverage in France and Germany, Mainz, Michael Eustace, Orange, paris, SFR, travellin in France and Germany and mobile phones, Virgin, Vodafone, Worms Germany
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Berlin family entertains us- our first night in a house in four months
On Friday, Nuala and I set off to visit Heike and her family. Nuala first met Heike thirty seven years ago when they were both au pairs in Paris. Heike reminded Nuala that it was twenty seven years since they … Continue reading
Not sure what to tell you this Friday
We continue to stay at Boothaus Roll on the Zeuthern See and the weather has been very mixed. We have had glorious sunshine one day and thunderstorms and hail stones the next. We have spent the time cleaning the boat and … Continue reading
The Lakes around Berlin
As Germany won the World Cup last night, you can guess we are in a very happy place today! We got our T.V. out and watched it ourselves. I did not realise before we came to Berlin how many large … Continue reading
Adrian and Nuala's Gap Year 