The scale of things

Today I went to see a Dachwohnung (loft apartment), meandered along the Saar River looking at allotments and found the boat harbour (Osthafen).


There are very few private boats here, only a couple big old barges with "interesting" occupants and a motor yacht club with a giant security gate - not very inviting.


I met a nice old woman with a steel Dutch boat - she reminisced about the travels she had with her husband, who died last year. They cruised all over northern Europe. She is selling the boat, but it is too old and too expensive for me.

Around lunchtime, I accidentally ended up in the next village, where I found a great little fresh produce store. I also discovered the end of the line for the Strassenbahn (city train) and hopped on with my bike. It was only 4 stops from Brebach back to the heart of Saarbrücken (compare 13 stops from ISU to Centerville in Strasbourg!). I am disoriented by the small size of this city - I think my map scale is much smaller than it is. Everything is only 10 minutes by bike!