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H i s t o r y



 by G vd Linden                      
                      

       
      
Mu sic          Love    Sunset      Rose        Rogier

Sunset Houseboat  is a river boat. The old skipper transported goods all over Europe. His family traveled with him; the boat was their home. The skipper and his wife slept in the back part of the boat, -a very small space-, together with their children.
One day, the children, - boy and a girl-, didn't want to share bedrooms any longer. They wanted to go to a 'normal' school and live a 'normal' life.
Without moving around of course.
So, the skipper took out the engine, replaced the old roof, and built with his own hands two bedrooms for each of his children to sleep in separately. For him and his wife he bought a new boat, as, even in those days, transporting goods without an engine wasn't the most efficient way to earn money.
Later on, his children didn't want to share the kitchen an the bathroom any longer. They wanted to form their own families and live on a 'normal' boat. That can move, of course!
So, the skipper bought two engines for his children and... sold their boat to us.