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| Large, ornate, seagoing vessels? Thumbs-up. |
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| Teeny tiny cars that can park on a sidewalk? Angela gives that a thumbs-down. |
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| Safety drill! photo courtesy of Angela Pratt |
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| Our Program Director, Udo, shows us how to eat raw fish the Dutch way-- with plenty of onions and pickles. |
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| The birthplace of cologne |
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| You know it's been a rough night in Amsterdam when the streetlights need a break! |
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| Kaiser Wilhelm statue in Koblenz |
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| View of Heidelberg from the castle |
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| Saw this...whatever it is...on a building as we sailed out of Frankfurt |
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| Rain was keeping river levels high, making our passage under some bridges rather tricky. A couple of times we were near the point of having to leave the ship and continue our journey via bus. |
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| Although I wasn't awake for all 66 locks we sailed through, I watched our passage through as many as possible. As you can see, not a lot of wiggle room, and our crew steered through them manually, with no GPS or radar aids. |
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| Wertheim is known for glassblowing, so we got a private demo by a local artist before we set out for the day. |
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| The old main bridge in Würzburg |
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| Good clean fun in Rothenburg |
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| A pig in--where else--Schweinfurt! |
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| Früschoppen - a brunch tradition that, in some parts of Germany, may involve more beer than food |
Another German tradition is that of journeyman workers. While walking toward old town Bamberg we ran into this roofing journeyman, who will travel for the next couple of years with just the belongings under his arm, finding work, food, and shelter by the grace of the people in the towns through which he travels.
I thought maybe it was something that was only alive and well in the southern areas of Germany, but when I got back, I noticed a couple of journeymen in their traditional garb walking through downtown Hamburg.
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| One side of an incredibly creepy statue in Nuremberg |
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| and...the other side |
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| An example of the lovelier side of Nuremberg's history |
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| Yes, this is a highway overpass, which means that the cars you see are driving under us as we sail across! |
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| Ferry ride through the Danube Gorge |
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| ...and by the afternoon he's picked up a new hat in Regensburg! |
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| All in a day's work! After a morning visit to the Weltenburg Abbey, Larry has secured a baby keg of the monks' very good beer... |
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| Looking down over the city of Passau. There's our ship, Grand Circle Cruise Line's MS River Harmony! |
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| The Loreley rock |
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| Ruins of the castle in Düernstein where Richard the Lionheart was held captive in 1192. |
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| We saw numerous examples of Fachwerkhaus construction in some not-so-common colors. |
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| Although this looks like some kind of fake photo backdrop, the abbey on the hill is real. I'm guessing the wheel is a semi-permanent way to promote the show on the poster behind me. |
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| A few members of our incredible crew photo courtesy of Angela Pratt |
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| This swimming pool is the only part of Danube we saw that was actually blue. |
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| The Wachau Nose |
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| at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna photo courtesy of Angela Pratt |
This is a video clip of a troupe that came aboard and
performed some traditional Bavarian dances for us.
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| photo courtesy of Angela Pratt |
Did you miss any of my previous "postcards" from this trip? You can find them here:
Medieval Madness
The Royal Treatment
Abbeys & Cathedrals
Darker Days
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