Utrecht.

The sun came out for the family's visit. Good thing too, as after lunch on board we had to take down the windows, tent, mast and flagpole to get through the 15 bridges through the Oudegracht which runs right through the centre of the old town.  

David getting ready to duck.

Being a sunny Saturday the canal side cafes and restaurants were chock-a-block with people enjoying themselves. There were many mutual "Cheers" between boat and shore! It was lovely to see them again.

You take my photo, I'll take yours!

The bridges are all a maximum of 3.15 at the top of the centre arch.

The cafes were full of people enjoying the sunny afternoon.

We moored on the north side of town and the family left as they had to be back in Amsterdam by six. We got out the maps to figure out the next weeks cruise plan and discovered it would be much better to start out from where we had left in the morning, the other side of town. So back down came all the windows, etc, (we're getting good at this) and back down the gracht we went. By now it was sunset and the bridges and cafes had their lights on. It was very pretty. 

Happily it's a much nicer mooring than on the north, so the crew were happy! Too many drunk party boats on the other side, one of which bumped into a piling right behind Zoe and, to our great amusement, lost their BBQ over the back, coals and all.