This was our Bavarian day. Our later start to the morning consisted of a breakfast of tea, fruit and toast for me, because our lunch was at 11:45: white sausages, honey mustard (very sweet), and excellent sauerkraut. The keyboard player gave us “umpapa” music; some of the staff wore Bavarian dress (real thing – they don’t approve of fake Bavarian costumes); and, the tables were decorated with serviettes and balloons in the Bavarian colours – blue and white checks. We walked off the ship to meet our local guides – ours never introduced himself, but he was enthusiastic, striding along (tall and thin), talking all the time. I couldn’t keep up with pictures and notes, but I tried. The history of middle Europe is so complicated, with wars and lords and borders! The buildings continue to
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