As we weren't sure how busy the canals around Strasbourg would be on a week day we decided to have an early breakfast and be on the move reasonably early. After casting off we quickly came upon a very large barge coming towards us. As we worked our way through a few locks and to …
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More Strasbourg
We were back in Strasbourg for a day free from driving along the canal. Before we had started the boat trip we had taken a quick look so now we had the opportunity to investigate further and visit some places we hadn't seen previously. After breakfast we took a short walk to the tram stop. …
Traversing the Arzviller Boat Elevator
Niderviller to the Niderviller-Arzviller tunnel From a boating point of view the second day promised a highlight, traversing the Arzviller Boat Elevator, a boat lift that had replaced a staircase of seventeen locks back in 1969. Before we would arrive there we had a bit of boating to do do so after breakfast we quickly …