Aleria's Adventures

The Red Apartments - on the riverfront, near Altstadt  €210 for 2 per night KASTENS HOTEL Juergensplatz 52, Duesseldorf, 40219€86 with breakfast Kastens Hotel is in the heart of Duesseldorf, walking distance from Roncalli's Apollo Variety Theatre and Kunst im Tunnel. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia and K21 Staendehaus. Hotel Windsor €81 2 people 1 night Düsseltal, Düsseldorf me and all hotels Dusseldorf https://duesseldorf.meandallhotels.com/en.html

The Rhine in Dusseldorf We didn't really need the fourth day in Dusseldorf, but we had it. I woke up with a sore throat and my toe was still bothering me a bit. Neither one of us felt like going back to the show so we decided to take it easy and see the sights slowly. We checked out of the hotel but left our luggage in their storage area. As the hotel was en route to the airport, that was not a bad plan. We met a guy checking in who was trying to figure out how to get to the boat show. He was from Dublin, and lucky for him, we could explain the whole thing, with all the confusing aspects included. After a leisurely breakfast -- yep, no eggs until the last instant and I had to plead with the chef -- we took the train to Altstadt. We walked along the river promenade. It was a fine day, not too cold and no rain. We went to the museum of modern art  Kunstsammlung K20 which was having a Munch exhibition. It was very well curated and we enjoyed it. We then toured the entir...

Ultra Anchors So we made it through days 1 and 2. After 1 we were dazed. After 2 we were enthused. What would day 3 bring? For me to begin with, a broken toenail. No hiking boots today. Fortunately, I'd brought along my most comfortable sneakers. It was Monday and much slower at the show. We had a meeting with Bert and Marlene Frisch of the TransOcean club organized by Alan Tyson-Carter, an OCC member who lives outside of Dusseldorf. The meeting went very well and I think there are ways that OCC and TransOcean can align to the benefit of our members. TransOcean has exhibited at boot for years. OCC may give it a try in 2021. Alex wanted to visit the Ultra anchors booth. We've been so happy with our Ultra; we wanted to see Jan and hear about what's new. So we boogied over to Hall 10 and found the Ultra exhibit right away. It was vast. Things are obviously going well. We'd noticed that many of the top yachts exhibiting at boot were displaying Ultras on t...