In Romania

Motoring across Europe
Dave Pratt and Nick Pochin
Tue 4 Jun 2013 19:22
Position 44:44N 22:25E in Orsova Romania.
We spent the night in Smederova tied alongside a barge in Romania
(illegally!) The skipper was great and hooked us up to electricity in
return for a beer ! Peaceful night and left at 0530.
52 km to Veliki Gradiste where we cleared out of Serbia. It took 2hours
and we were back on the river by 1100 hrs. The scenery changed as we went
into the mountains passing through the Gorge of Kazan and onto Orsova a
distance of 106 km making a total for the day of 158 km.we went to the
Customs dock and cleared into Romania.Now we are legal again.Nowhere else
to berth so spending the night on the Customs quay. Dave and Julie off to
an Hotel(separate rooms before anyone asks) Nick on board to repel any
gypsies! Three days without a shave or shower and they will run a mile!
Tomorrow (5th of June) we go through the Iron Gates to Turnu Severin a
short distance where we will have a last chance to fill up with diesel and
fresh water. Then we have six hundred km to Cernadova and the Black Sea in
Constanta.Wow I will believe it when we get there. We are only three days
ahead of the flood waters coming down the Danube from Passau and
Vienna.Behind us the river is closed and the cities are under water!