Some pictures of the summit of the canal
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Main Danube Canal Locks
The Main Danube Canal lifts vessels from an altitude of 231 m above sea level at Bamberg to an altitude of 406 m above sea level at Hilpolstein through a series of 11 locks. The last 3 locks are 24.6 m each (80.7 feet) The distance between the last two…
Closing off the Nürenberg
We ended the day by having dinner at a Greek restaurant.You know it is a real Greek restaurant when they provide you with the bill and a shot glass full of OUZO Joanne could hardly ride her bike back to the boat. I said “you only had one sip” She said …
Nürnberg Documentation center and court house
We did not realize till now that Bavaria and in particular Nürnberg was the birth place of the National social party created by Hitler. This exposition is open to the public since 2001 and is housed in the unfinished congress hall that was started bu…
Nürnberg
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 …
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…
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.
