Welcome to the Main River, the winding river, also known as "the snake", is smaller and more relaxed compared to the Rhine. The morning is free to relax and take in the many quaint villages we float by, and the mechanisms of many a lock we have to pass through.This afternoon we visit one of the region's most picturesque places, Miltenberg, it’s stuck in time and comes straight out of a fairy tale picture book with its main street full of cute little ha...

This morning we cruise through the most famous stretch of the Rhine River, no other river in the world has a greater concentration of castles and castle ruins than in the River Gorge, between Koblenz and Rudesheim. Today is a highlight of our trip. Steep slopes and many covered with vineyards and dotted with castles, are accompanied by picturesque villages. We pass the famous Loreley Rock, the narrowest and deepest point of the Rhine River.    Castles were...

Dad wakes early this morning to capture the sunrise and the vapour trails, a rare opportunity to capture on camera.This morning we arrive in Cologne Germany famous for its awe-inspiring cathedral.    Koln, as it is known in German, is Germany's fourth largest city and sits on the banks of the Rhine and in the middle of the ancient East-West trading routes. Cologne Cathedral was built in homage to the relics of the Three Kings (also known as the Three Wise ...

This morning we arrive in Nijmegen – hometown of Eddie VanHalen, we take the tour bus to the border of “Veluwe” where a former royalpalace of the House of Orange Nassau – Het Loo Palace is our place to visittoday. The Royal Family of Orangereigning now in the Netherlands, takes its roots in the 13thcentury.   The residence Het Loo, wasbuilt in 1686, it was last used by Kings and Queens as their summer palace.   Queen Wilhelmina and Ju...