Yesterday at noon we left Enkhuizen and headed North under diesel power. We hadn't decided on where to stay the next night, it was a bit of touch and go - and even more so because Jennifer was on the ground three times before we could reach a landing stage in Grau (pop. 5.700) at 7.30 PM after motoring 38 NM. The depth of the water in the canal kept changing and Lasse had to use all his skill and with some help of Jennifer's bow thruster to loosen the grip from the canal floor.
The landing stage with water deep enough for Jennifer's keel was owned by a small old hotel (Oostergoo, established in 1826) with a cozy canal side restaurant. In order to use their landing stage we were requested to eat there. So instead of having the fortified ministrone soup I had prepared for our dinner at 7 PM we all went out for dinner at the restaurant much later.
I made the right meal choice; a three course set menu:
Smoked trout rolls with cream cheese as appetizer, a large serving of halibut prepared to perfection as main course followed by homemade chocolate icecream as dessert.
My ministrone ended up in the refrigerator and will be back for lunch today!
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