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Another Book List and a visit to the Deggendorf Library

NMYC Yacht Club, Deggendorf
Day 52 of 90..
Guten Tag,
   It has been especially good today as we finally GOT SOME RAIN !!!!  The river levels are forecasted to rise so hopefully we’ll be on our way tomorrow to Passau which is our final stop in Germany.  Our next country will be Austria, also a Schengen country […]

Deggendorf Old Town

NMYC Yacht Club, Deggendorf
Guten Abend,
Mon Tue WedThuFri weather according to Google.  Hopefully we’ll get that rain !
Deggendorf
http://www.deggendorf.de official town brochure.

Roses are blooming everywhere.  And in the town center this flower map of Europe. 

“The Old Town Hall with its gothic tower was erected in 1535, and is one of the emblems of Deggendorf.  […]

NMYC Yacht Club Deggendorf

Guten Morgen….
   Our definition of a good morning has totally changed.  Once upon a time “good” was bright sun and no rain in the forecast.  Now it’s just the opposite.  We need several days of rain to raise the water level of the Danube or we’ll have to race through the rest of the […]

Geisling Lock waiting area for the night

NMYC Yacht Club
Deggendorf
Guten Abend,
    Every now and then we “camp out”  and really enjoy it.   Once in the Netherlands just past a lock and a few nights ago on our way to Deggendorf.  It actually is quite a treat to be “out in nature” as they say here in Europe.  However, for spending several days […]

Saal and Regensburg

NMYC Yacht Club
Deggendorf
Guten Tag,
   We’ve been  “stranded” in Deggendorf since the afternoon of the 16th.   We had planned an overnight stop, but  there’s just not enough water in the Danube for us to continue downstream.  We actually scrapped bottom on our way here.  Thankfully there is one visitor berth here at the NMYC […]

Berching

Deggendorf
Guten Abend,
   Berching was charming!  We arrived 4:45 on Thursday afternoon after a long day of locks and such.  When the boat had been secured to the town dock, we went off for a stroll and dinner.  It was a lovely evening during which I met one of the library staff and had a lovely […]

Big locks and the Great Divide

June 16, 2014
Deggendorf
Guten Abend
    We scraped bottom once or twice today.  The water level on the Danube is very low.  There’s one more stretch up ahead that’s also shallow but hopefully it will rain here or the rising levels of water upstream from us will get here.  As of tonight we’re planning to rent a […]

Nuremberg 2

Marina Saal
Guten Abend,
    If this is Saturday it must be……?  We really are moving quite quickly with quick visits to many places.  Today we visited Regensburg and while there I bought a small book about the cities and towns along the Danube.  Each has just a short entry, but then we don’t stop anyplace all […]

Nuremberg 1

Saal Marina near Kelheim on the Danube
Guten Morgen,
   Yesterday we left the Main Donau Kanal and started down the Donau itself (Danube.) We are now at Marina Saal where we will spend a few days.  We will take the train or rent a car to visit Regensberg just down the Donau but which has no […]

Bamberg 2

Berching Town Dock
Guten Tag,
Today we crossed “the great divide so are now going ‘down river’ not that we can tell much difference in the speed.  But in the locks we now go down rather than up.  The locks are ginormous but they have floating bollards, so once you hook on, that’s it.  The bollard does […]