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Mulhouse

We are in Alsace. Mulhouse is a friendly little town, green, cozy but lively, with many shops and restaurants. It is raining and we have moved into a cabin at the campsite.

2023 - September - Nancy

Compared to the outstandingly beautiful Place Stanislas https://vakantio.de/reisetante/2023-september-nancy-place-stanislas?published=1 you have to look a little for other...

Langres to Dommarin with tunnel

After our shopping tour, we returned to the mooring place with our loot wagon. One boat had dared the ascent to the pass. Different crews had gathered along the jetty, there was...

from Bonn via Wiesbaden to Alsace

The first day took me initially to Wiesbaden, where my sister Birgit and her husband Adem live. A small lunch and the exchange of news was a welcome break on my first day of...

Houseboat in the French Ardennes - Day 7 - starting over

15.06.23 We were able to sleep in today - until the lawnmowers started roaring. Jan and I rode into town with the smallest wheels in the world to buy baguette and coincidentally...

Houseboat in the French Ardennes - Day 5 - Revin

13.06.23 After our morning walk to the Boulangerie, we make our way back. It quickly becomes clear that locking upstream is a different story than going down. Where do you...

Houseboat in the French Ardennes - Day 4 - Givet

12.06.23 We were woken up by the lovely sound of the leaf blower. Jan decides to stay in bed. After he finally managed to get up, we had to do some shopping because our water...

Houseboat in the French Ardennes - Day 3 - Fumay

11.06.23 We sleep peacefully at our little harbor today. As we scrub the deck in the morning, sweat drips into our eyes - the sun is scorching. The boys make breakfast while the...

Orconte to Bayard-sur-Marne

In Orconte, we had our first meal. The other boats were all tied up when we arrived, we were the last arrivals. We moored just behind the lock, keeping a distance from the other...

Kougelhopf in Strasbourg

A stroll through the UNESCO World Heritage Site

From the first Ferrari to the last 2 CV

The first postal vehicle could transport up to 9 people

Alsace by E-Bike and Train

Last night, after cycling 70 km and spending several hours on the train, Margit and I arrived safely in Strasbourg. After an unintentional city tour by bike, 'because I entered...

Houseboat 2.0 - Day 5 - Verdun

24.09.2024 Vacherauville - Verdun Partially got up early and was at the lock shortly after 10. Dude arrived only at 11:20, then at 12:30 in Verdun Docking place Verdun ...

Houseboat 2.0 - Day 4 - Vacherauville

09/23/2024 Stenay - Vacherauville We registered in advance for the lock master last night - from Lock No. 27 onwards, the radars apparently don’t work anymore. However, the...

Houseboat 2.0 - Day 3 - Stenay

September 22, 2024 Mouzon - Stenay This morning we were able to refuel with water; unfortunately, the showers and toilets were closed. The road to Stenay takes us along a...

Motorhome tour 2014: Strasbourg/Colmar

August 17, 2014 We - my two younger brothers, my parents and I set off from home in a rented motorhome towards Baden-Wüttemberg. We reached Strasbourg around 2:00 p.m. without...

Houseboat in the French Ardennes - Day 6 - Charleville-Mézières

14.06.23 This morning, Denis goes to the Boulangerie for a change. The hero not only comes back with baguettes and croissants, but also with Eclairs. By chance, we leave at the...

Houseboat in the French Ardennes - Day 2 - Monthermé

10.06.23 Our first night in the wilderness was accompanied by frog concerts and cricket chirping. The days bring us around 29 degrees, but at night it cools down nicely. After...

Houseboat in the French Ardennes - Day 1 - Pont-à-Bar

08.06.23 After a relaxed day of working from home, we set off in the evening to pick up Denis and Lara. The discussion about whether to go with or without the roof box added...

Foulain nach Langres

Langres is located two locks before the summit of the canal. Since there is still the 4820 m long Tunnel de Balesmes to pass through at the summit, we planned to dock a little...

Vouécourt to Foulain

We have already spent a few days on the Canal Champagne-Bourgogne. Saint-Dizier is the first and largest city in the Haut Marne department. The environment changes noticeably...

Vitry-le-François and 7 more locks, Orconte

From Contrisson, the plan was to catch up on the missing locks from the previous day. We had looked at Vitry-le-François on the map, clearly, we will not stop here. On Google,...

Toul to Savoy, Canal Marne-Rhin

After two tough days, we started optimistically for the next stage. The destination was Demange-aux-Eaux, the first lock after the long tunnel. We started early and sensitized...

#12 Our van is smoking - first major breakdown

October 30 - November 1, 2021: Wattwiller F. Our plan for the next few days sounded so simple but was so difficult to implement. But let's start at the beginning. Since...

Direction Portugal Day 7

Metz, France, that went faster than expected. In Germany, the Moselle River was lined with vineyards on both sides. The bike path also went up a bit from time to time, so there...

Journey into Autumn

True to the title «To the North Sea», we are once again heading north. Our first destination is the nature reserve «Hoge Veluwe» in the Netherlands. There, we will enjoy extensive...