Hotel Le Beau Rivage
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Bye Bye Brugge... Hello London!
... a huge thank you to them both for being such gracious hosts, and for Jaey for inviting me there both times and being so kind and generous.
Alas, it was time for me to catch my train to Brussels then to London. The train ride was uneventful, and actually the eurostar is incredibly efficient. Once I arrived in London at Kings Cross, I met with Jamie/JC (I think I have mentioned him using both his name and nickname) and off we went during rush hour traffic on the tube and the commuter ...
Crossed th raging ripples.
... fellas it felt small. We entered the antwerp channels again with all the barges. Man there are so many. Lucky klaus was up to the challenge. We have to be fast enough to keep up with the traffic, or at least try. Traffic is running at around 10 knots so at 7 knots we are slower but not dangerously. I can throttle up to 8.5 but i would rather not. It seems to open a second fuel line that is about 2 inches round. Better at slower ...
Finaly in holland. And back on the briny too.
... with ocean going ships of around 300 meters long traveling at 10 knots zipping up and down the channel. that was a bit hairy but when we finaly exited the canal in to proper ocean it was more like entering a 4 lane highway full of speeding trucks, on a moped. Antwerp is one of the busiest ports in the world and we have to cross the main channel. Oh the joys. But we ...
Running errands- like a normal/real person :)
... You never really know how you are going to feel until it happens. Odd to come to such a realization over a sweater, however, when I finally found one I liked it was so comforting to have....
After the hot chocolates (which everyone should try in Belgium they are soooo delicious) we went back to the apartment, where Jaey and Djuna made me one last delicious home cooked meal. I really adore both of them so much, and they are both such great cooks!
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Wet and extremely windy once underway.
... later when we went back to access the Wi-Fi at the sailing club bar/restaurant. A couple of the locals John talked to gave us some advice on where to go next. They gave us a free tide-table for the area," a gift to the English” their Commodore said. On our walk back to Spring Tide, we turned the corner into a street to see a full moon rising and could not resist taking a photo. We then came back to the boat and so to ...