We had a very nice tour of Nürenberg.The pict on the right is of the “alt stat” with st Lawrence Church in the distance. We took a guided tour trough the inner city.We learned that Nürnberg is in Northern Bavaria.Originally Nürnberg was …
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Interested and helpful
Tuesday July 5th we arrived in Nürnberg. One thing about Le rêve is, she does not fit in many marinas on the Main and the DMK. Usually there is a good spot at the lock wall as is the case here. Nürnberg lock is actually a ways past…
Green thoughts
Tuesday was a quiet, “turnover day” for Equinox. Our friends have departed, so after a fun-filled “vacation” week, it was back to routine housekeeping and maintenance chores aboard. I vacuumed from stem to stern, scrubbed showers, cleaned…
Cool And Comfortable
Point No Point Lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay It wasn’t barnacles growing on the anchor rode, but there was some kind of grass or something growing on the chain. It had been 11 days since we dropped anchor, and today was the…
Our own solar plant
A picture of Le rêve docked in Nürnberg on the top of the lock.It appears that lots of high power towers are needed to carry all the electricity away from Le rêve’s power plant!!!!!! Catching the last of the days rays by raising the davit and …
Solar power
Besides many wind generators there is lots of solar power in Germany.Here are but a few examples of that. The picture on the bottom is of a roof with 340 panels on it.I was told that Germany has a problem dealing with all the solar power pro…
The locks in the MDK
The MDK is only 19 years old. It opened in 1992 and made shipping from Holland all the way to the Black sea possible. The locks are different from the Main locks, and most other locks for that matter in that the doors don’t swing open like barn d…
More MDK
Here are two examples of how the canal was build around hills and through valleys.
The MDK ( Main Donau Kanal)
The MDK is very interesting to transit. Many varying landscapes. Not at all what you would think a canal would look like. Traditionally a canal is a straight ditch dug to connect one body of water to the next. Not so with the MDK.Engineers have u…
End of the Main
Sunday July 3de and we have reached the end of the navigable part of the Main.The picture on the right shows the Main continuing on to the left and the MDK (Main Donau Kanal) continuing on the the right. The Main was an interesting river, however…
