Joining Tim and Diane to celebrate our Golden Anniversaries.
We awoke this morning with a text from Tim – We broke Diane yesterday. Actually she wasn’t really permanently broken, but her feet and legs told her that today was not a day to be out on a day-long adventure, so they opted to stay on board and rejuvenate. Wise choice! So without them we […]
Typical morning. Actually our mornings and evenings are falling into a pretty consistent routine.Up at 6:30, Breakfast at 7:00, back to the room to do a few things (like write this paragraph) before the morning excursion leaves – usually 8:00 or 8:30. Days when there is no morning excursion are days to turn off the
What’s a *berg? What’s a *burg? What’s a *dorf? When a place name ends in ‘berg’ it is a reference to a hill. Miltenberg has a hill. So does Nurenberg. When a place name ends in ‘burg’ it is a reference to a castle. Salzburg has a castle. So does Rothenburg (or at least it
There are several Rothenburgs in Germany so this one has the ‘above the Tauber River’ addition to it’s name. We were up early to mist over the canal – a sure sign of a hot day ahead.We breakfasted quickly before catching our 8:15 bus to Rothenburg.Cheyrl and I visited this medieval gem about 10 years
We didn’t actually dock in Miltenberg until after lunch so this morning was a ‘turn off the alarm and catch up on the zzzz’s’ kind of morning.We were eventually up and breakfasted and Randy settled in to the blog while Cheryl attended the glassblowing demonstration in the lounge. The blower boarded the ship with his
By the way, We are on a ship named the Viking Egdir.Egdir is identified in Norse mythology as the watchman of Jötunheimar, home of the Jötnar (or giants) and one of the nine realms in Norse cosmology. He is also believed to have been the herdsman who cared for the offspring of the mythological wolf
Up bright and early, breakfasted and onto the bus for the ride into Cologne. This is a theme on this cruise. The ship docks just long enough for us to disgorge us and while we ride the bus into town and do the excursion it catches up to us – arriving about the same time
Today was a split day. We docked upstream a bit at Kinderdijk and set out on excursions.The big draw at this stop are the historic windmills – a UNESCO World Heritage site. Cheryl and I have seen this before so while Tim and Diane learned about windmill technology we headed out on a visit to
We were up early (OK, when the alarm went off at 7:00 Cheryl pointed out that we should have set it for earlier. But we still had our suitcases out in the hall and were down to breakfast at the appointed 7:30 (ish). Tim and Diane were there ahead of us. Actually they were up
Maurits Cornelis Escher was born in 1898, in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. His father (a hydrogolic engineer) wanted his son to become an architect. However he was drawn to printmaking. His career as an artist started in Italy where the landscapes inspired him. Returning to The Netherlands at age 37 he missed the landscapes of Italy