She lives in Wumme, though, an area about an hour away from the city.
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We thought it might be interesting to explore some of the canals and rivers that connect Wumme to the port of Bremen.
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These canals were carved hundreds of years ago to transport turf from the bogs around Wumme into the port city of Bremen.
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In some places it looks like very little has changed.
We floated and paddled
mile after mile.
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And took some time to draw and paint along the way.
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At some point it started to seem like we had taken a wrong turn.
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The locks and shallows didn't seem to correspond with our map.
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We found out later that these sand bars in the Wumme have troubled bargemen for over 500 years.
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Finally we found someone who knew the river.
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And we were put back on course to Bremen.
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We stopped around 7 when we could feel the tide changing against us.
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Technically we had made it to the city of Bremen, although there was a bus ride between us and the Kunstlerhaus.
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When we got back I made some prints and drawings,
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of the things that we had seen along the way.
And some things that we didn't see.