This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour After Koblenz, we sailed up to Cologne, Germany – and, yes, before you ask the question Eau de Cologne really was invented there and still is a solid industry! Cologne is a huge city, the 4th largest in Germany. It is also an old…
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This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour After Wertheim, we cruised up the Middle Rhine, admiring all the beautiful old castles and vineyards that line the hills overlooking the river. This whole area is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for the various castles, palaces, and fortresses that grace this valley….
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This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour This morning we made a brief stop in Wertheim, Germany. It is built on mud flats at the confluence of the Tauber and Main Rivers. That has been both a blessing and a curse – the former because of a great trading/transport location and…
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This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour Yesterday was a very long (and HOT) day. We left the boat and drove for an hour along the “Romantic Road” to get to Rothenberg. Much of this area of Germany was spared from Allied bombing in WWII and, hence, many of the lovely…
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This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour We have been cruising up the Danube some days now, but water levels became too low, so we had to leave our boat in Regensburg and bus up to catch another boat in Bamberg. This marks our entrance to the Main River. Bamberg itself…
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This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour We arrived in Nuremberg after a long ride from Vilshofen to Bamberg to dump off our luggage, and then backtrack to the second city of Bavaria. Traffic was terrible, so we didn’t get to see as much as we wanted. Rather than join Deb…
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This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour After leaving Passau, we formally learned that we were going to have to change boats because the depth of the river near Nuremberg was definitely too shallow to pass. The good news that the twin of our current boat was going to pick us…
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This is part of a series called Our Alpen Adventure Last Christmas Deb gave me an amazingly thoughtful gift — a weeklong carving school in Austria. In her research she found that in addition to wood and stone carving, they also did clay sculpting (apparently you always start with a clay model before you start…
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