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Jun 25-26: Fly to Brussels, Belgium
Have lunch near La Grande Place. Drive by the house where Marce spent two months as an exchange student in 1982. Accommodation: Sandton Pillows HotelJun 27: Train to Colmar, France
Five-hour train journey through Luxembourg into the Southeast of France. Accommodation: Best Western Grand Hotel BristolJun 28: Explore Colmar
Learn the meaning of "twee" in this picture-perfect town. Meet up with Joe.Jun 29: Pick up Canal Boat
Taxi to Boofzheim, buy groceries, board boat. Cruise to Gerstsheim.Mooring: Near GerstheimJun 30: Cruise to Illkirch
Wander around town. Buy water at McDonald's because shops are closed. Mooring: Near IllkirchJul 1: Enjoy Strasbourg
Cruise to Strasbourg and bike around city on amazing network of cycle paths. Mooring: Port de Plaisance, Quay des BelgesJul 2: Cruise to Vendenheim
Mooring: Near VendenheimJul 3: Cruise to Hochfelden
Rainy day working through locks. Mooring: Near HochfeldenJul 4: Break in Saverne
Cruise to mooring in marina. Laundry. Joe stays on boat, Marce & Ian take a one-night break in hotel with a resident golden retriever. Accommodation: Hotel Chez JeanJul 5: Cruise to Lutzelbourg
Beautiful canal and scenery. Meet Launs, who arrive by train. Fabulous last night meal with Joe.Mooring: LutzelbourgJul 6: Drive to Saarbrucken, Germany
Broken Arviller boat lift requires itinerary remake. LeBoat drives us and Launs to Saarbrucken (original endpoint). Board different boat and start itinerary in reverse. Cruise to Gudingen. Mooring: Near GudingenJul 7: Cruise to Zetting
Jul 8: Cruise to Sarralbe
Cycle to store for groceries. Mooring: Near SarralbeJul 9: Cruise to Mittersheim
Learn how to talk to cows in French: "Salut, vaches!" Bike ride past Chateau Bonnefontaine. Swim in lake.Mooring: Near MittersheimJul 10: Cruise to Moussey
Mooring: Near MousseyJul 11: Cruise to Xouaxange
Weird dinner with drunk calendar. Horses.Mooring: Near XouaxangeJul 12: Cruise to Schneckenbusch
Cruise 1.4 miles through Tunnel fluvial d'Arzviller on the way to the Arviller boat lift (still out-of-service).View boat lift and old lock system. Dinner in Niderviller. Mooring: Near SchneckenbuschJul 13: Return boat at Hesse
Drive to Saarbrucken. Launs continue to Germany. Marce & Ian take train to Paris. Accommodation: Best Western Hotel Fauborg Saint-MartinJul 14-22: Visit in UK
Kilndown, Modbury, New Forest for Uncle Andrew's 85th birthday.Jul 23: Fly home
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