• Lacey TravelsRiver Cruise 2022Traveler
    Map of the Canal system
    Profile of the locks in the canal.Coming up to a lockEntering the lockNot much spaceLock gates almost closedClosed --- and the water level rises or falls.Almost thru to the next water level

    Rhine-Main-Danube Canal

    November 2, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    A little over 100 miles in length, this canal’s importance to river traffic is enormous. Connecting the Danube in Kelheim to the Main in Bamburg via Nuremberg, river traffic can sail between the Black Sea and the North Sea, traversing 11 countries. Construction took place between 1960 and 1992, but it had been planned [in one way or another] for 1,199 years. We climb the locks to the highest point at the continental divide and then start to come down the other side.
    Most of this journey was made at night while we slept.    Read more