{"id":1348,"date":"2016-05-10T18:18:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T18:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2016-05-10T18:18:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T18:18:45","slug":"may-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"May 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent yesterday in Antwerp, doing the tourist things (but on a bike), checking out the restored old city, and getting bits for the boat at the chandlery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1350\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2603.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1350\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2603-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"the organ under restoration\" width=\"263\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2603-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2603-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2603-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the organ under restoration<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1352\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2605.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1352\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2605-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"the other 'new' organ and chancel \" width=\"272\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2605-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2605-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the other &#8216;new&#8217; organ and chancel<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1349\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2602.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1349\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2602-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Antwerp Staadt House (city hall)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2602-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2602-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2602-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antwerp Staadt House (city hall)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1351\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2604.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1351\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2604-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"the cathedral interior\" width=\"244\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2604-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2604-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the cathedral interior<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And then I began the exit from where I had moored, northward through the main port and docks of this major industrial center. It was like a dinkytoy in with the real things! I felt very small and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1353\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2606.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1353\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2606-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A river cruise ship- which I saw  later on the canal!\" width=\"252\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2606-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2606-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2606-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A river cruise ship- which I saw<br \/>later on the canal!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1355\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2608.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1355\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1355 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2608-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"WC2608\" width=\"289\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2608-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2608-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2608-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">look closely at the freeboard of the ship in the foreground. A potential submarine?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1354 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2607-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"WC2607\" width=\"281\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2607-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2607-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2607-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2609.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1356 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2609-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"WC2609\" width=\"304\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2609-300x140.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2609-768x358.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2609-1024x478.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The journey ended today going through Kreekkraksluise ( a lock). I&#8217;ll let the pictures give you and idea of the experience.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1357\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2610.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1357\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2610-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"I'm to fit into the lock in that space... Hope he knows I'm there...\" width=\"263\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2610-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2610-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2610-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m to fit into the lock in that space&#8230; Hope he knows I&#8217;m there&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1358\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2621.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1358\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2621-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"in I go!\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2621-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2621-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WC2621-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">in I go!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m moored for the first night in the Netherlands, in the Yachthaven at Tholen. Out of commercial traffic and city, and very peaceful. I&#8217;m ready to return to the rural, non-commercial waterways soon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent yesterday in Antwerp, doing the tourist things (but on a bike), checking out the restored old city, and getting bits for the boat at the chandlery. And then I began the exit from where I had moored, northward &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/?p=1348\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,21,9,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1360,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}