Sun Chi

Monday, 8 May 2023

Zell - 7th May to 8th May 2023

We didn't stay at a marina, we docked on the side of the river, no electricity or water. there is a camping ground that has a marina, but we thought we would try something different, and we also had Penny La Pop with us, and they showed us the way.

Photo of Sun Chi at the dock.

A lovely evening out with Penny and Matthew, great to catch up before they head to France to hop on their cruise.

First stop, wine store, sat outside in their courtyard enjoying some of their Reisling.

Following morning

The center of Zell is on the top of the hill, only 1.4 kilometers. The walk took us about 35mins to get there, once you get there it is all worth it, there is a shopping center, Globus with a large supermarket, Telekom shop, pharmacy, Tedi, a restaurant (more a food court), also nearby is an Aldi, Lidl, large Baumarkt and lots more.

Halfway up the hill, I hope, the patch of dirt on the right-hand side of this photo you will also see it on the previous photo on the middle left-hand side of the photo.

Heading back down, with our unlimited Data for a month.

Sunday, 7 May 2023

Sankt Aldegund - Look who we found at the lock, Penny La Pop

Waiting for the lock to clear

Here comes the commercial ship.

Safely out of the lock.

Penny La Pop

Sun Chi

Safely docked for the night.

Safe arrival drinks on Penny La Pop at Zell

Senheim - 4th May to 7th May 2023

Marina Details

Laundry 5 Euro token for a wash and dry
Small supermarket - you will need to order your bread the day before.
Restaurant
Shower 1 euro token for 5 mins.
Electricity, pay as you go.
Water, free.

Photo of the marina with Sun Chi and the town in the back

View from the kitchen at the guest dock.

Nice walk into town,

Date Night

With an emergence, following link is as the town siren is activated and the volunteer firefighter coming.

Link to Video

And them returning back safe.

There is also a wine museum in town, which we went through, the cost is 3 euro to be paid after you have been through at the bar, includes a class of their wine,

Forgot to take photos in the museum, below are photos from the bar, lots of history on the walls.

When we went to the bar to pay, we were invited to join a wine tasting starting in 15 minutes with American's and Canadians from a cruise ship for an extra 6 euros each I'm in.

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Cochem - from 2nd May to 4th May 2023

About the marina

Don't need to book, when you arrive, if there is a spot then it's yours.
Has no electricity.
One tap for water and that is on the outside, you will either need a very long hose or take your boat around and if it's busy you may lose your spot.
No showers or toilets, you can use the ones at the camping ground 1.3 kms away.
No WiFi.
No large supermarkets, the closest is Penny 1.1 kms or Rewe 1.7kms, there is a butcher in town and lots of wine merchants.

View of the marina from the castle, just before the bridge on the right of the photo you can just pick out the lonely boat at the marina.

The town has a lot to see, Cochem Castle Reichsburg

Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Treis-Karden - 30th April to 2nd May 2023

Left Winningen at 10:40 this morning, arrived at Treis-Karden at 4:00pm, we were not in any hurry. Through 2 locks (for anyone on a boat in this area, the sides are smooth, no need for planks)

About the marina

Cash only (in 2023!)
When you get you berth number, note all berth start with Y and does not show anywhere. Y is for Yachthaven and C is for Camping.
Showers are free, for water you do need to push the button to start the flow, last for about 30 seconds before you need to push again. Or you can go to the showers at the Camping Grounds, free flowing water.
They have WiFi, 5 Euros for 3 days, 500MB for one device, oh and don't loss the paper with your password, you will need to enter it a lot, times vary.
There are 2 supermarkets walking distance from the marina, Edeka and Norma and a Rossmann
No laundry at marina, there is one at the Camping grounds you can use.
A restaurant at the beginning of arm B, not sure if it's every Sunday night or just because it was a long weekend, but the restaurant changes to a night club after 9:00pm to 2:00am.
Electricity is a pay as you need, the box will take 10, 20, 50 cents and 1 and 2 euros. 1 Euro per 1 kilowatt hour.
There is a place for rubbish and recycling, paper and class only.

Arm B takes you straight to the restaurant, you also have to walk through the patrons eating to get to the toilet and shower block behind.

This evening we had 2 shows, a dinner show, a boat coming in at 7:00 looking for his assigned berth K16, once he found it, he aimed for it nearly hitting the boat in the next berth, he then turned around to face bow heading out. The skipper had 3 other people on board and none of them were on the lines. The owners of the boat they nearly hit come out to help.

The second show was on our arm, a family of 4 setting up to stay the night, we receive 2 shows from them. First, they throw a tarp over the boat, they threaded a line through the holes in the tarp but not security to the boat. Second, the oldest daughter's phone fell in the water, dad then dredged the area with his net for about an hour and half before giving up. Not the weekend the dad was hoping for.