We check with the Ukrainians in the morning if they have any news on their diesel situation, but they did not. So, we decide to leave Vienna ourselves.
The stream is not that strong, and the nature is beautiful. We probably go through the most beautiful part of Donau. And it looks like people have thought so for a long time – there are lots of old castles, almost one per 10 km.
While we are waiting to go through a lock, a Holland barge takes over us. While in the lock Olga runs over to them to ask in her non-existing German if we can go on their side. They answer that we should talk to them on VHF, channel 5. But they guess what the question was and wave us to come. We moor at their side and they press the gas. That fast have Ellide Embla not gone yet – 8,8 knots over ground, that is ca 10,5 -11 over water. After max 30 minutes when a meeting barge comes by one of the lines breaks and we have to continue the trip by ourselves.
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