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International port of Hamburg, where we boarded our vessel
Hamburg in the sunset - Bye bye Germany
The desk in our living room we had on the cargo ship
Storage of our car in the 4th deck
Our bicycles are coming with us to Argentina
Our bicycle the next weeks
Loading 2nd hand cars to the top deck
Fortunately there are no drivers in the cars
Night shift before we left Hamburg on November 29th 2010
Crossing the North Sea - Very cold and wet on deck
Fortunately Marion has her warm mountain equipment on board
Arrival in Tilbury two days later: Snow in England!
The big entrance of our vessel, the Repubblica Argentina
One of Tilbury's church in the snow
Tremendous much snow for Enland - a lot of fun for the children!
Flowering roses with ice
Nice wedding party in Grays, the town next to Tilbury
Arrival in Antwerp December 6th 2010: Our freight ship Repubblica Argentina
Antwerp: Rubens memorial with tower of the cathedral
The fort of Antwerp, now the navigation museum
Fresco of the Antwerp fort
Some modern art of painting in Antwerp
The very impressive central station of Antwerp
Antwerp, the world capital of Diamonds
Again, loading of 2nd hand cars for Africa
And again, ...
Our pilot boat to the port of Le Havre, the biggest freight port in France
Approach the watergate of Le Havre
Going onshore in Le Havre on December 8th 2010, using the side entrance of our vessel
For sure Le Havre is and was always a seamen city
Le Havre with 2nd world war memorial
Status of some 2nd hand cars, after we crossed the stormy Gulf of Biscaya
Status of some 2nd hand cars, after we crossed the stormy Gulf of Biscaya
Nice island closed to Vigo in the North West corner of Spain
The port of Vigo - a lot of brandnew cars. The city is in the background
A little bit more comfortable vessel in the port of Vigo, but fur sure much more expensive!
Again cars in Vigo, with some islands
Departure from Vigo on December 12th 2010
Our Spanish pilot left the vessel
Again the nice islands of Vigo
Alarm - emergency exercise
Approaching the lifeboat
Inside the lifeboat
Keep smiling - it is just an exercise and we don't have to go down to the water with this nutshell
Our crew on the Repubblica Italia
Sunset on deck
Approaching Tenerife in the evening of December 14th 2010
Tenerife in the sunset
The vulcano Teide in Tenerife, the highest mountain of Spain
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