Magnus feels very confident in the locks. In one of them he lets a cruising ship comes in first and he wants to come in front of it to moor at a sliding pollar (just at the lock’s master told us to). But the cruising ship is not ready with their mooring, so just when we are in line with their propeller they press the gas.
The wave coming from the cruising ship throws Ellide Embla to the other side of the lock and into the wall. It sounds terrible, but the only marks left on our boat are small scratches on the paint. The kids wake from the crash and wonder if that was another ground.
Later we try to hitch-hike with a Bulgarian boat, Power-ship going up to Regensburg. They are a little worried if they should encounter any problems with the police for giving us a lift, so we promise them to tell that we have a big problem with the motor should anyone ask. We go ca 1,5 hour with them, then they get a call that they have to come to Passau a bit faster. We go through yet another lock. The Bulgarians are used to tightening barges very hard to keep better speed, but this does not work with Ellide Embla. They are sceptical about our loose lines, so we have to go on ourselves.
We arrive at Passau in the evening. It is a beautiful city and we immediately find a good mooring place, very uncommon. While looking for a place to eat dinner at the kids meet a lady who can speak Swedish. She is a singer and will sing at a local Jazz concert in an hour. The kids are invited to come and listen, so they would not stop talking about that until we go to listen to the lady. Katja is fascinated by the lady and listens attentively. Later on the lady invites Katja to come up to the scene. Katja is not too shy to follow up to the scene and even sings a little, to a cheering German audience and proud parents. A jazz festival was also good hearing something else than the sound of a diesel engine.
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