Liege, Belgium

The boat and Dwight are where they should be, hooray.

It took a week for Dwight and his two helpers to get from Alkmaar, Netherlands to Liege, Belgium, only because of a couple of 12 hour days.  If it had been just Dwight & Fran, the trip would have taken 2 weeks because we only do 5 hour days at most.  So we thank Peter and Paul for their help.

Peter and Paul in Gouda

 We are delighted to be out of the Netherlands and wish other cruisers luck with their dealings in good old Holland.  We'd always heard that, when it came to boats, you could get things done right in Holland.  Maybe so, but you also pay a premium for it.  We have never been so overcharged. 

During our cruising years through Mexico and Central America, in our 3 seasons cruising around France and time spent in Belgium, we were always treated fairly, even with the major work done on our sailboat, We Three and the engine re-build on our canal boat, Chapter Three.  We were not treated the same way in Holland.  Thank goodness we do not have to go back. 

Five years ago we docked our canal boat, Chapter Three, at the Liege marina and the other day when Dwight went into the office, the port captain remembered that Dwight had been there before and even recalled our boat's name.  Wow, how did he do that?  What did we do to make ourselves so memorable...something stupid or bright?  I don't think I want to know.

Dwight is now settled in Liege waiting for Yogi-dog and I, but we have 3 more graduations to go.

Our double major graduate from the University of Nevada-Reno