The Viking Ship Museum is yet another remarkable place on an ever growing list of remarkable places we have visited. One of us is a sucker for all things maritime anyway, but with ongoing archeology and experimental ship building using ancient techniques there was something for us all.
We could have gone for a sail on a Viking ship as well but it’s probably some sort of sign, that these days we are content to leave the rowing and hauling of sails to others filled with more Viking-like enthusiasm.
Instead, when our guided tour of the museum was over, with important facts neatly stowed for future use, (the smallest ship on display could carry one and a half female Indian elephants), and with previous misconceptions about the life of the seafaring people corrected, we had lunch, said to have been made from similar ingredients to actual Viking fare, although we suspect a little more archaeological study might be necessary in that respect for that to really be the case.
We aren’t too far off being reunited with our own ship, which will be a far more pleasant encounter than the prospect of spending the next month and a half rowing an open boat to Ireland in company with a hundred Vikings packed like sardines. Unlike them, we have paperwork to deal with that might very well make Thor’s hammer tremble.
Seriously, the Flemish Waterway’s Website appears to be a relic from the Viking Era, and while in someone else’s country I would never ask for a translation just for my sake, if one is offered it would be nice for it to be vaguely helpful. If the Waterway’s staff weren’t so willing to help who knows how many renewal invoices would still be in our Winkel Wagen.
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Ahh, the winkle wagon. One of my favorite terms in Flemish/Dutch.
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If it's the only Flemish I ever learn it will be enough!!
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