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Two days to go and we will be home so this is our final blog...no pix as we have been up 29hrs straight getting from Frankfurt to Singapore and are about to hit the sack. Our five days with our German family in Flensberg, and our family members based in Denmark just over the border from Flensberg, and who came down for two of those five days, has left us with life-long memories. The time they spent with us, the places they took us and the laughter that was never far away....what a wonderful time we had. We hope you enjoyed our blogs and photos.... read more

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Yesterday, Sun 2 Nov, we moved into the Romantic Rhine and we now have the German Federation flag flying. Today we visited Cologne and tonight we arrive in Amsterdam. Many of the towns lining the Rhine started life as 'custom's stations' and built up a great deal of wealth, allowing their ruling families to build the most magnificent castles at every strategic point. With photos to take at every bend, the afternoon was a ping-pong one with the head swivelling left to right and back again right along the river until darkness fell. Magical. If it wasn't a fort, castle, church or a vineyard, it was a half-wooden house. The photos will speak for themselves. Nomadic tribes that finally settled down, Benedictine monks, Romans, French, Swedes, Catholic bishops; The Roam era, Middle-ages; floods, fire, battles, bloody ... read more

Just when you think historical beauty couldn't get any better, you round another corner and that beauty goes up yet another notch. And so it was with Rothenburg. Please google it and see for yourself - it's a medieval city built inside a fully in-tack stone fortification wall. Like many other German cities, it suffered from Allied bombing but where necessary it has been rebuilt, and is now a living museum. The town wall connects five gates each with it's own guard tower, and a guard walkway up high on the wall is completely made from stone - to avoid anything wood that might be a fire risk from invaders. Built between the 1200s and 1500s, it is still lived in today. I'll give longer explanations in the photo section, where I can. Today, Sat 1 ... read more

The staff have a saying that is absolutely on the button...people come on as passengers but get off as cargo. There is absolutely no doubt that the common and only complaint from fellow passengers is that the food choice is soooooo vast and tempting that it's impossible not to 'just try' a dish. We have a huge choice of buffet breakfast, 10am coffee and cake if we are on board; huge lunch; coffee and cake at 4pm; a huge multi-choice and multi-course dinner at 7pm; then supper at 9pm. On top of that, coffee, tea and either doughnuts or apple turnover are available in the aft lounge 24hrs a day. Last night Su, Dick, Terry and Lynette took part in a special bistro of 12 courses and 5 choices of wine to match the courses. Granted, ... read more