This is a lazy morning – late breakfast and while away time on my balcony. Unfortunately, the sun deck is closed because it is too high to fit under the bridges of the Main. They even take down the railings and lower the wheelhouse by hydraulics. After lunch we followed our interests. Because there were no available mooring spaces at Wertheim, we disembarked in a small town up river and were bussed to our destination. Ian and I hiked up to a ruined castle with a guide, and Deirdre and Barbara wandered around town. Our guide, Eric, stopped at quite a few sites in town and provided good anecdotal-style history lessons, almost as if he were there. Towards the end of the tour, he told us that Wertheim was spared bombing during the war because the
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