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Motor Yacht Club of Nuremberg
Guten Tag,
   We went through some monster locks to get from Bamberg to Nuremberg.  They were 18 meters and tomorrow’s will be 24.7  so we are really climbing.  At one point the canal was built over a highway.
At some point I’ll write about it all.  This email is about our visit […]

Waiting for the Schleuse Bamberg
Guten Morgen,
   Because we’re a sports boat and not a commercial boat we had to wait for a commercial ship to come along for the lock to be opened for us.  Is that fair?  We certainly pay nothing towards the upkeep of the locks and commercial shipping probably does.  But it’s […]

Charly and Erika’s marina near Bamberg
Guten Morgen,
   Today we’re headed for a quick visit to Bamberg.  I say quick because we really only spend several hours most places we visit and that’s just enough time for a quick walk through. And lunch and coffee and probably ice cream later as now it’s quite hot […]

Motor-und Segelboot Club Coburg
Bischberg am Main
Guten Tag,
Today Mary and I went cherry picking and there’s a cherry cobbler in the small oven even as I type. 
        It is 92 degrees on the thermometer inside the pilot house.  Luckily it cools down after dark and we’re even still using our down comforter.  Not sure for […]

On the way to Schleuse Knetzgau Kilometer 359.8 on the Main
Guten Morgen,
   The biggest lock so far back at Ottendorf was so bad.  But we had to wait a while for it.  First there was a barge already inside and then we had to wait for a barge behind us to arrive for the lock […]

Public Dock where the under age kids come to drink and party. 
Schweinfurt, Germany
Guten Abend,
     Today was a record lock day.  We did the most we’ve ever done, 8 !  The first few are fine but by the end you’re really tired of them.  We ultimately have to climb 1320 feet and are now […]

On the Main after the Kitzigen Schleuse
Guten Morgen,
    We’ve gone through 3 locks and have maybe 2, 3 or 4 to go depending on where we stop.  We left Eibelstadt just past Wurzburg after a two night stop there.  We were lucky to have found a spot at the Marina Levandowski because it was quite […]

Guten Tag
Frankfurt our first night…..
   In the year 2,000 Randal toured the world by bicycle with a group called Odyssey 2000.  He has kept in touch with several of his fellow cyclists.  Charmaine and Linda who joined with us in North Cyprus and Israel rode Odyssey.  Michael Kahn is here in Germany doing a […]

3 more locks along the Main having left Aschaffenburg at 7:05 am
Guten Morgen,
    We left St Goar on the 28th and spent the next night in Bingen.  We spent two nights in Frankfurt and last night in Aschaffenburg.  Not sure about tonight as we’re not always sure whether we’re too big to get into certain […]

Along the Main after two days in Frankfurt
Guten Morgen,
   We spent the past two nights in Frankfurt.  The first night Michael Kahn, one of Randal’s Odyssey 2000 World Bike Ride, friends came to visit.  Michael is doing a solo 6 week bike ride through Germany stopping also to visit the town where his mom had […]