It's so cold now that the River is freezing over. It was minus 12 yesterday, although it's a bit warmer today. Minus 12 - cold, cold, cold.
We saw a barge breaking through the ice just past Beilstein yesterday afternoon and it was brilliant to see - and to hear it - crunching away. Not all of the River is frozen, it's worse coming up to the locks where the water slows down and the ice starts to build up, but it's also appearing now on the straighter stretches as well. Thinking back to the summer when the Mosel was so still and green, you could never imagine it looking as it does today.....
Anyhow, here are some photos to give you a bit of an idea. The photo of the geese, I took on Monday when the ice was beginning to form. They live in Bullay and Alf and commute from one side of the RIver to the other. Just think of those cold feet.
And here are a couple of photos I took today, just before the lock in Saint Aldegund. There was a bit of a snowfall last night, which had settled on the ice so it's easier to see.
No photos of my picture today - next time!
Soon,
Tschüss
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