This was the view from our cabin window when we opened the curtains. The building has a mixed history including a grain store and a barracks before becoming a school.
This morning we started with a walking tour of Saverne, We had a very good local guide who wasn’t full of facts and figures and didn’t hurry us around.
| Here we are all setting off heading for the town | ||
One of the places we visited was the Abbey which has some very old wall paintings. | ||
On the wall of the church is a standard measurement that was use for checking timber sizes | ||
| A stone lady sitting by the fountain |
We were back on the boat about half eleven setting sail for Lutzelbourg , today lunch was a bit different with a BBQ cooked and served on the deck by our chef.
After lunch we walked along the canal for a bit, getting off at one lock and reboarding at the next.
| The tail gate of the bridges are quite low so for most of the cruise we weren't allowed on the top deck | It’s so low that the captain had to lie on the top deck to navigate into the lock, The bedroom maid was spending time in the sun, she is laying flat . |
We finally moored up at Lutzelbourg mid afternoon and went for a walk along the waterfront. I mentioned the narrow gauge railway lines alongside the canal in an earlier post. They were laid so these small engines could tow the un-motorised barges along the canal in place of horses.
In typical French style we came across a Lavoir which is where the ladies of the town would do their laundry, Some were covered with a roof but this one was in the open.
Later in the afternoon Diana and a few of the others decided to climb to the castle ruins that overlook the valley. The last photograph shows a section of canal we will be traveling on tomorrow.
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| Looking down on the town, If you look carefully you can just see our boat, I’m on the top deck looking up. | |
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