To recover from the Botswana survival we are going for a week to the Elzas in northern France. We rented a Penichette 1107 at Locaboat . Somewhat bigger then necessary, but there were no smaller boats available .

Next day we leave and we pass some locks . They are opened up for us after we talked into the intercom. It is a very nice envirenment . 

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After two hours we enter the "Plan Incliné"  or the boat lift at Artzviller . The lift has a height of 44.55 meter and replaces the 17 original locks. It is an impressive sight. A large bathtub with counter weights . We are rising  and are subject of conversation on the boats with the visitors .

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After the lift we enter two tunnels  . The 1st tunnel  is nearly 2,5 kilometer and the 2nd around 500 meter. They are very narrow and there is only one-way trafic. We can enter the 1st tunnel at once  but have to wait about one hour for the 2nd. We sail  that day until the village Xouaxange . There is nothing in the village to see and we make a biking trip . There are more nothing-to-see villages . The sailing area is great , however.