Monday, October 6, 2014
10/6/14 Sailing along the Main River
We turned into the Main River last night during dinner and then shortly thereafter we went through the first of 67 locks. Susanne had never been through a lock before so was quite excited to see the process. We had a great night's sleep and woke up inside another lock. Most of them have lovely parks on the side and we saw people walking their dogs and jogging. Unfortunately, we couldn't go up to the sun room to walk as is our usual custom as they have taken the rails down so that we can go under the low bridges on the river. After breakfast, I washed a few things in the sink, which is quite a challenge as the sink is very small. I think if you had to wash something large like dungarees or men's slacks, you would have to do it on your body in the shower! We then went to the lounge to watch a glass blower who came on board at one on the locks. He had a great sense of humor and gave a very good talk on the various methods and materials available to glassblowers today. He had a small torch hooked up to propane and he gave several demonstrations. He is the sixth generation of glassblowers in his family and his son works with him in their studio. He frequently comes to the States to work with Dale Chihuly, a well known glass artist on the West Coast. We will sail today until after lunch and then will have a tour of Miltenberg.
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