Leaving Nancy heading to the Moselle and some serious wine country. Into Luxembourg and Germany. Nancy proved to be a very pleasant city - the birthplace of the Art Nouveau movement with lots of wonderful AN buildings and art works.
A large 136mt long coal barge leaving a lock on the Moselle. The small boat rushed into the lock to soon after the big one left and was smashed against the wall by the excessive propwash of the barge. The old saying (with a little modification) " Fools barges in where angles fear to tread" immediately sprang to mind.
The boat harbour in Metz, northern France. One of out favourite cities with its' very Germanic influence. We pulled in for a couple of days and stayed a week. It was a great walking city with a fine fresh food market and lots of variations in architecture. It also boats one of the most remarkable rail stations in Europe. Built by the Germans during WW 1 to move large numbers of troops quickly.
The main entry of the Metz Station.
The whole of the 200 mt long facade is covered with beautiful small carvings. Obviously the Germans where in no hurry in WW 1
The view of the 14th C church from our aft deck in Metz.
On the Moselle, Luxembourg. No vineyards yet.
The first of the vineyards with a riverside shack. Unfortunately nowhere to pull up for cellar sales.
Mixing it with the big boys on the Moselle.I guess 10,000 tons always has right away over 15 tons!
Lynda in the old Roman ruins in Tier, Germany- claimed to be the oldest city in Europe.
On the river Saars, Germany. A little travelled river with lots of fine ruins and gray misty days.
Lynda always managed to find lots of wild flowers which always made the boat homely. This lot were picked on the banks if the Saar River.
The pretty little village of Saarburg, Germany. No we did not have to negotiate this river in the boat.
A retirement village for old barges. Saarbrucken, Germany
Every town along the Saar seem to manage the name of the river into its' mane somewhere.
The next town was Sarreguemines. This was in France so they spelling was a little different.
Hopefully the next posting will be of events that are yet to happen.
