This post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers We docked in Nuremberg early in the morning, and were off the ship by 8:30 for our city tour. It was the site of the Nazi party rallies and thus was heavily bombed during WWII. Not much remains of the old city, more…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers The day started with a nice relaxing morning cruising the Main River. There was a bit of frost overnight and it was quite still and calm as the sun starting coming up over the trees. Our next stop was Bamberg, a city of…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers Today was an early start, we were off the ship at 8:30 and bused to the Bishops Residenz in Wurzburg, a small city of about 130,000 people, also located on the Main River in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. The Bishops Residenz is an…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers Today’s stop was Miltenberg, a town of less than 10,000 people located on the Main River (pronounced “Mine”). It’s a very picturesque town, with many half timber houses that date back to the 16th century. The building on the right is the Hotel…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers We spent the morning cruising the Rhine Gorge en route to Rudesheim. Simply beautiful countryside with many castles and vineyards. The weather was pretty good, with a little fog, cloud and some sunshine. They served us some Gluwein and liquor filled chocolates on…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers This was a quiet day, we didn’t arrive in Cologne until about 4 pm, so most took the day to just relax. Once in Cologne, we were taken on a short walking tour of Cologne. We walked past several Christmas markets (their last…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers After sleeping like a baby and a good breakfast, I decided to skip the canal tour and go find Winkels cafe, where, I was told, they have the best apple pie in Amsterdam. This time I wrote down directions and found it no…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers Tired from all the walking the day before, I didn’t do too much today. After breakfast I walked over to the Movenpick (the staging hotel for the ship) to ask them a few questions about my afternoon tour to Zaanse Schans. On the…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Main & Danube Rivers DAY 1 My flight landed about 30 minutes early, passport control was a breeze, my suitcase was one of the first off (another benefit of business class perhaps?). My pre-arranged driver had called me when I was waiting for passport control to let…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called River Cruise on the Rhine, Main & Danube Rivers In just a few days I’ll be off to Amsterdam to start my River Cruise. The Cruise itself is 2 weeks and travels through The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary on the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers. I’ll be spending…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Iceland Iceland Photo Gallery February 2014
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This post is part of a series called Iceland Departure day, but we had an afternoon flight so we had some time. Every meal we had was amazing, but we still hadn’t tried that Icelandic favourite, the hot dog. We decided to walk downtown to the Baejarins Beztu Pylsur, a local landmark, to get a hot…
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This post is part of a series called Iceland Day 6 actually started in the wee hours of the morning, how can you sleep when you’re looking for the Northern Lights? They did make an appearance, looking like wispy cloud to the naked eye, a little more pronounced in the pictures. After a beautiful sunrise,…
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This post is part of a series called Iceland This was the day I’d been waiting for – we were off on a tour of the south coast, en route to the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon. A 2 day trip, so we packed our bag and headed out. Our guide (Seinthor Olafsson) was the best of the…
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This post is part of a series called Iceland Day 4 arrived to overcast skies. That was fine, this was our Blue Lagoon day and we didn’t need sunny skies for that. The Blue Lagoon is definitely a “tourist trap”, but a very well organized one and something that needs to be experienced. The lagoon…
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This post is part of a series called Iceland When we returned to the hotel on Day 2, we found out that our Glacier Walk and Northern Lights tour (which was also part of our package) was cancelled because of the high winds. We were given the choice of a refund, a GC tour or…
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This post is part of a series called Iceland Day 2 was our Golden Circle and Fontana Steambath tour, also with RE. Our guide was good, but not as good as the City Tour guide, still a great day. RE does a good job of keeping people moving, and this is coming from someone who…
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This post is part of a series called Iceland We arrived in Reykjavik early morning and had prebooked the FlyBus+ from the airport. I showed the girl at the counter my voucher and she told us which bus to go to. Easy as that. We loaded up and headed into Reykjavik to the BSI terminal. …
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