Deinze to Ghent

Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October 2015

This is the third time we have travelled the Kromme Leie between the two cities (although Deinze is probably more a town than a city) and all three times have been in beautiful weather! The river is one of the prettiest we have traveled, in a developed kind of way.

Gorgeous homes, 

 lawns kept manicured in a variety of ways

interesting boats,

 birds,

and the most entertaining statuary.

Spot the Bot

 Just a wonderful piece of water!

On arrival at the Lindenlei Jachthaven in Ghent, we walked through the city

and later found the ‘other’ Irish pub in the center of the city and settled down to enjoy the Rugby World Cup third-place playoffs between the Springboks and Argentina; who should walk in but none other than Leslie who we had met watching an earlier game in Brugge. He works in Ghent and finished too late to get to Brugge to watch the game so decided to watch here instead. Anyway, the Bokke gave the Pumas a good pakslae and we went off to bed happy.

Palace of Justice - a stone throw from our mooring.

Saturday was spent re-provisioning as we had invited Leslie and another South African who lives in Beijing and who was in Ghent on business, for a braai aboard Elle before making our way to watch the rugby final. Leslie turned up but the other guy did not – maybe the rounds of Jaegermeister he was buying the night before had the last word.

Anyway the All Blacks deservedly won!

Well done All Blacks

Meandering back to Elle after the game - not the moon but a raindrop on the lens.