The new Smurfette
Travelling the Canals and Rivers of Europe
A website of Austin and Susi Robinson's European travels on their Dutch Cruiser, “Freshwater".
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- Blog 2019
- Back in Holland/Meppel
- Zwolle and Kampen
- From Urk to Enkhuizen, Hoorn and Edam
- New Aussie Crew
- ’s-Hertogenbosch!
- Last days in the Netherlands
- Liège, Belgium
- Huy and Namur
- Belgian Weather!
- Mons and happy re-unions
- From Mons to the Blaton-Ath Canal
- Ath and Brussels
- The River Dender
- Aalst to the Bocholt-Herentals Canal
- Maastricht & Zuidwillemsvaart
- Last days in Maastricht
- Blog 2018
- Amsterdam/Born - Reunited
- Naarden and the road to Cinque Terre
- Cinque Terre
- Ciao Italy!
- Maasbracht - Mamma mia - here we go again…!
- Roermond
- Venlo
- Arcen and a flying visit to Remscheid
- Gennep & Ravenstein
- Heusden, Woudrichem, Gorinchem and the Castle “Loevestein"
- Dordrecht
- Kinderdijk/Rotterdam
- Delft
- Den Haag, Leiden and Katwijk
- Haarlem & Amsterdam
- Weesp, Muiden & the Ijsselmeer
- Along the River Vecht
- Utrecht
- Hot days with wonderful company
- Oudewater (Old Water) and Witches
- Gouda
- Rivers of central Holland
- Spakenburg, Amersfoort and Elburg
- Gone with the wind - Hasselt & Meppel
- Blokzijl and beyond
- Friesland 1 -Lemmer, Sloten, Heeg
- Friesland 2 - Stavoren, Hindeloopen & Workum
- Friesland 3 - Bolsward & IJlst
- Friesland 4 - Sneek & Grou
- Friesland 5 - Hurray in Joure!!!
- Trouble in Paradise!
- Giethoorn, last stop for the year
- Casablanca
- The Royal Cities of Morocco - Rabat
- Meknes - Volubilis - Chefchaouen
- Fes
- The Atlas Mountains - The Sahara - Todra Gorge - M’goun Valley
- Kasbahs & Ksars
- Marrakech and Essaouira
- Blog 2017
- Blog 2016
- Back for another year of Cruising
- Down the Moselle
- Metz/Thionville
- The Three Country Corner and Luxembourg
- Schweich
- C’est la vie!
- Flooding on the Moselle
- We are on the move!!!
- Mettlach
- Merzig
- Saarlouis
- Völklingen
- Saareguemines, France
- To the top of the Saar Canal
- Arzviller Boat lift
- Lagarde to Toul
- Allez les Bleus!!! - Good bye Toul!
- La Meuse
- Canal des Ardennes
- Reims & Sillery
- Condé-sur-Marne & Châlons-en-Champagne
- Épernay re-visited
- Dormans & Château-Thierry
- La Marne, Meaux & Mickey Mouse
- Three nights in Paris
- Au Revoir Paris!
- River Oise and the Canal du Nord
- Entering Belgium
- Strépy Thieu Boatlift
- Sojourn in Amsterdam
- Mons to Namur
- Huy and Liège
- Maastricht
- “Tot ziens” Freshwater
- Blog 2015
- We are back!
- Lots of Movement
- More fun in Toul
- Marina Life - while we are waiting
- Good bye Toul
- Commercy
- Saint-Mihiel
- Verdun
- Mouzon
- Sedan - the town, not the car
- Charleville-Mézières
- Revin mad!
- Givet
- Dinant - Belgium
- Namur
- Huy - LeTour de France
- Maastricht, Netherlands
- Germany/Netherlands/Belgium
- Canal Herentals- Bocholt
- Antwerp - rubbing shoulders with Rubens
- Lier on the Nete
- Ghent, the capital of Flanders
- Bruges, alias Brügge
- The Leie
- Kortrijk
- Back to France
- Douai
- Saint Quentin
- Chauny
- Reims
- Epernay
- Châlons-en-Champagne
- Bar-le-Duc
- Home Stretch
- Port de France Celebrations
- End of Season
- Afterword
- Blog 2014
- Robinson Cruis(o)es Part 2
- Beautiful one day…...
- The Royal Tour
- Still in St. Jean!
- Senseless in St. Jean
- Plenty of movement
- Auxonne - and the saddle thief
- Dôle and beyond
- Ranchot - we really ran hot
- Thoraise and the tunnel
- Besançon - Quelle ville!
- Baume-les-Dames!!! Where are my glasses!?
- L’isle-sur-le-Doubs
- Remscheid - Reunion
- Lorraine - Toul, Épinal, Plombières-les-Bains
- Montbéliard - history & industry
- Montreux-Château
- Porte D’Alsace - Dannemarie
- Mulhouse et Malheur
- Games, Trains and Automobiles
- Basel - Switzerland
- Mulhouse to Breisach - powering along
- Alsace/Elsaß - along the wine route
- A few more Alsatian impressions
- Colmar revisited
- Expect the unexpected!
- Hasty departure from Kunheim
- Strasbourg, a town of contrasts
- Strasbourg in rain/sunshine and at night
- Canal de la Marne au Rhin
- Lutzelbourg/Arzviller Shuffle
- Souffelweyersheim to Iffezheim
- Down the Rhein
- Wiesbaden
- The Middle Rhein
- Koblenz, where the Rhein meets the Mosel
- Cochem at the Mosel
- Bernkastel-Kues
- Noviomago (Neumagen)
- Trier and Saarburg,
- Wasserbillig, Luxembourg
- Luxembourg City
- Thionville - back in France
- Metz
- The last leg to Toul
- Toul
- Blog 2013
- We are back!!!
- "Murphy's Law"
- Liberation Day
- The French Way
- Mothers day in St. Jean
- Test-Run
- Dôle
- When it rains it pours!
- Keeping ourselves amused
- Canal Life
- Steady as she goes…..
- Lost and Found
- Dijon - On the Owl's Trail
- Fleurey sur Ouche - Off to find the wolf's cave
- Abbey de la Bussiére - First day of summer
- Pont d'Ouche - The 3 "P"s
- Vandenesse-en-Auxois and Châteauneuf
- Pouilly en Auxois to Pouillenay
- The Pouilly Tunnel - Claustrophobia!
- Abbaye de Flavigny - The setting for the movie Chocolat
- Venarey les Laumes - Château de Bussy-Rabutin
- Montbard, Ancy le Franc, Ancy, Tanlay and Tonnerre
- Susi Homemaker
- St. Florentin and Brienon-sur-Armaçon
- Yonne River - Joigny
- Sens to Monterau-fau-Yonne
- Along the Seine
- Paris
- 3 days in Paris
- Upstream to Moret-sur-Loing
- Montargis - Vive le shopping!
- Trapped in Le Train
- Montbouy and Châtillon
- Hot and hotter in Châtillon Coligny
- Rogny-les-Sept-Ecluses
- Ouzouer-sur-Trézée
- Briare
- Châtillion sur Loire to Belleville
- Cosne, Sancerre, Herry and Course of course
- Never say "Nevers"!
- Fleury-sur-Loire and our New Crew
- From Decize to the end of the Canal Latéral de la Loire
- Digion
- Paray re-visited
- Château de Digoine - ecluse No.19
- Montceau-les-Mines
- Montchanin
- St. Julien
- St. Léger to Santenay
- Chagny
- Fragnes and Chalon-sur-Saône
- The last one was a doozy
- Au revoir
- Blog 2012
- Arrived in Holland
- Canal Du Midi
- Arles
- Pont du Gard & Avignon
- French Riviera
- Orange
- Lyon
- Bourgogne (Burgundy)
- Boats, Birthdays and Barbers
- Alsace/Elsaß
- The Black Forest, Germany
- Black Forest and Würzburg
- England
- Skippers Ahoy!!!
- Portsmouth
- Brighton
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
- Photo Album for 2012
- Photos Of Holland
- Canal Du Midi
- Carcassonne
- Pont du Gard & Avignon
- Pont du Gard
- View from the Top
- Avignon town centre
- Avignon's Town Wall
- Paddle boarders in the Rhone River
- Sur le pont d'Avignon (The bridge of Avignon)
- Of course we ALL know the song
- Water wheels in Avignon
- Outdoor Market
- Avignon taken from Villeneuve-les-Avignon
- At St. André Fortress
- Like my car?!!!
- Arles
- French Riviera
- Cassis Harbour
- Calanques by Cassis
- Another Calanques (Fjord) of Cassis
- Cassis
- View from the Routes de Cretes
- Some of the smaller boats at St. Tropez
- Crystal clear water
- Isn't she gorgeous
- Sailor's Cemetery at St. Tropez
- Bell Tower - St. Tropez
- St. Tropez
- Guess Tom Cruise will have to change the name now…
- St. Tropez
- Just wanted to show the pebble beach
- Orange
- Lyon
- Bourgogne
- Boats, Birthdays and Barbers
- Alsace
- Automatic Lock at Dole
- Old Tannery Quarter of Dole
- Louis Pasteur's birth house
- Notre Dame - Dole
- Someone's having fun!!!
- Hut 1000 metre above Muhrbach
- Recycle Art Expo
- Cuttle-ry fish
- Colmar - Rue des Marchands
- Old house in Colmar
- Typical old house
- Old wine presses in Unterlinden Museum
- Altar piece in Unterlinden Museum
- What the!?!?!?!
- The Black Forest, Germany
- Black Forest and Würzburg
- England
- Family, Friends and Hometowns
- The old Müngster Brücke
- St. Christopher (in the Cologne Cathedral)
- Rhein & Kölner Dom (Cologne)
- Brunch at Mareike & Hartmut's
- Helmut, Erika & Susi in Essen
- Beautiful Mutti
- Thomas (mon frère)
- Mutti mit Susi & Strolchi
- Daisy Nook Walk
- "Dooks" at Daisy Nook
- With Aunty Doris & Uncle Alan
- Elsie & Austin
- Alan & Susi (after a bottle of Red)
- Steven, Gail & Mark
- The Old Wellington
- Manchester Football Museum in Manchurian weather
- Samantha and William
- Auntie Shirley and Keeley (and "Lola")
- Brenda, Austin, Shirley & George
- Fairwell Dinner with Bobby, Donna, Josh, Doris & Alan in Lanchaster
- Portsmouth
- Brighton
- Vietnam
- Michael and Trang's building
- View from the balcony
- Our bedroom
- Dining and loungeroom
- The Family: Tuyen, Mę's 5th son & wife, Mę, Trang, Vu and Aie
- Off to market
- Road of Despair on Phu Quoc
- Fresh Seafood on the Beach - Michael with his "not happy" face
- Trying to get the coconut
- Hair removal Vietnam style
- Beautiful CEO
- Malaysia
© Austin Robinson 2019