Life on a boat is really interesting, seemingly! When I and my wife still didn’t have kids we used to go for a road trip in Europe every year. And yes, having the chance to live in a city for a night or two makes you able to dive in the atmosphere and the everyday life of the local residents. You totally cannot feel the same when you are in an organized trip with agency or something.
Leicester looks pretty peaceful!
City breaks are awesome! We've visited so many different cities in the year that we've been on the boat, way more than we did for the 5 years that we lived here before.
Leicester has so much charm because it's a historic city with many old buildings. Being on the boat makes me see it from a completely different perspective.
Leicester was nicknamed the City Of Thieves, so peace is relative. At Castle Gardens we're secured because there is a private gate to the pontoon and boaters have a key to the park itself.
Unfortunately, the boating population is an older one, and opportunists take advantage of the older folks on boats. Leicester has always been one of the cities in the Uk with a vast West Indian (the Caribbean, mainly yardies AKA Jamaicans) and Indians. In recent years there is a huge Polish population. Also two big universities, one that caters to modern sectors such as Fashion and Shoe Designing, so there are always many things to do:)