I spent yesterday in Antwerp, doing the tourist things (but on a bike), checking out the restored old city, and getting bits for the boat at the chandlery.
the organ under restoration
the other ‘new’ organ and chancel
Antwerp Staadt House (city hall)
the cathedral interior
And then I began the exit from where I had moored, northward through the main port and docks of this major industrial center. It was like a dinkytoy in with the real things! I felt very small and vulnerable.
A river cruise ship- which I saw
later on the canal!
look closely at the freeboard of the ship in the foreground. A potential submarine?
The journey ended today going through Kreekkraksluise ( a lock). I’ll let the pictures give you and idea of the experience.
I’m to fit into the lock in that space… Hope he knows I’m there…
in I go!
I’m moored for the first night in the Netherlands, in the Yachthaven at Tholen. Out of commercial traffic and city, and very peaceful. I’m ready to return to the rural, non-commercial waterways soon…
