Untergohren

Friday, 18 September

After a very pleasant breakfast we left our luggage at reception and walked into the centre of Waren. What a beautiful town! Lots of pretty shops with lovely autumn window displays, and so quiet after crowded Prague.

We found a bank for some euros did a bit of window shopping and sat in the town square enjoying the fountain and the people, dogs and birds visiting it. It was cool but sunny. For morning tea we returned to a bakery we had spied earlier and sampled the cherry streusel cake. We picked up a few supplies at the supermarket and returned to the hotel where the kind man on reception rang a taxi to take us to Untergohren.

It was about a 22 km journey and we enjoyed talking, as best we could, to the taxi driver and looking at the farmland with its freshly ploughed paddocks and fields of stubble. When we commented on the size of some sunflowers he assured us that they were small and proceeded to show us a photo of his wide and their 4 metre tall sunflower.

The people at the Locaboat base were very friendly, Nancy in reception and Ollie, who took us over the boat and spent a lot of time giving us a driving lesson, especially on backing the boat into a parking spot. Not at all confident about our success in that area. By the time we were finished it was a bit late to get started so we plugged the electricity back in and went over to the restaurant for dinner. It was very crowded in the restaurant so we had to sit outside on the deck, under a radiator. Not the efficient gas sort our cafes have but a bar radiator that did practically nothing. We froze and waited an hour for our meals, but they were very good when they finally did arrive. I'm glad I brought a torch as we needed it to get through the security gate and back to the boat.

A hot cuppa and into bed. We plan to start early in the morning as we have a deadline at one of the locks which is only opening twice a day at the moment due to repairs.

 

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