Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 3

About one month ago we started our voyage around the Baltic Sea. The first city we visited was Lübeck, Germany. Then we took the ferry from Kiel (Germany) to Klaipeda (Lithuania). From Lithuania we drove northwards to Latvia and Estonia and back to Latvia again. We took the ferry from Latvia to Sweden. After Sweden followed Denmark. And now we are back in Germany again. It feels as if we are coming home a bit. There is one city we like to see in Germany still: the thriving city of Hamburg. Hamburg Hamburg is not far from Lübeck, the city where we started our journey. Both cities were part of the Hanse league once. But whereas Lübeck emerged unscathed from WW II, Hamburg was devastated almost completely. That is why in Lübeck you still can find ... read more

Up and a leisurely breakfast spent most of the morning out the front enjoyed the scenery and conversation ….quite cool !!! Had lunch and at 2 pm started our walking tour of Regensburg and Thurn and Taxis Palace … once again great information and thorough and easy pace …. Had more free time after In old town and back to the ship by six enjoyed a predinner drink and sailed again as we had dinner with friends…. Bed early as an early start tommorrow with news that we have to cut short our boat cruise due to low water on the Danube so an early bus trip to Salzburg… docked in Straubing as we went to bed a large portion of the Danube for the boats to tie up (where boats were kept over Covid)... read more

Up early breakfast and on the bus into Nuremberg saw the old city walls and walked up to the Imperial castle got a great view of the city ….headed down the hill and all the main points of history to the market Square ….had a coffee at a well-known biscuit maker / cafe and saw the clock on the cathedral with sound and movement ….Met at the fountain at 12:30 and walked to the bus through the modern part of the city full of high-end stores ….back to the boat and had some lunch followed by a interesting talk by Hunor about the history of the locks and canals on the river ….We then spent some time up on deck at some of the deepest locks of 25 m and an aqueduct ….enjoyed a few drinks ... read more

Up early and breakfast on the bus at 8.45 with our guide Wolfgang …made the one hour trip with some great farming scenery… weather great just cool … arrived in the little village of Weikersheim and it was very quiet… made our way across the market Square and met our palace guide at the Wurzburg Bishops Palace built in the 1700’s. A great tour through the palace and as there was no heir was given to the town…. Had a wander around the garden and headed back to the boat at 1 pm back on board had lunch … had a rest and enjoyable afternoon cruising towards Bamberg… a few drinks and port talk with Hunor…. Dinner at 7pm and a night of entertainment music and quizzes with Alex.... read more

Up early to enjoy the Rhine Gorge a bit damp and misty … tones of castle ruins and small villages ….More food at lunchtime and off the boat around 1pm for Siegfried’s Mechanical Cabinet Museum transported to and from on the Winzerexpress Mini Train. After the tour of olde world musical contraptions we wandered up to the cable car and rode up the valley of vineyards to the top and back down again. Had a look around the old town and back to the boat at 4.30 pm. Enjoyed some pre dinner drinks and another great dinner !!! Back up to the Jasper Lounge for Tomy Temerson and his Zither a 44 string harp style guitar.... read more