Wurzberg is another German town in Franconia with a religious residence (the home of the Archbishop Prince) that dates back a few hundred years. This one dating back to the 18th century. There were some pretty impressive ceiling frescos and lavishly decorated rooms but as you would expect you can film inside (that's how the gift shops make their money). Almost all of the town was destroyed late in the Second World War, although much of the furnishings inside the...

Another one of those picture postcard German towns. This one even has a 365 day a year Christmas speciality store (Kathe Wohlfahrt) which, whilst a little kitch, was pretty impressive. Their Christmas tree was amazing and every kid would love to wander around the huge shop (although their parents would be continually saying - don't touch anything) The temperature for the last couple of days has been in the low 30's which has been great especially when you can ge...

The previous night at the port briefing the Cruise Manager said it was going to 35 today. Not surprisingly when we went out it was raining (the promised 35 would come a couple of times in the next few days). Anyhow morning tour in the rain up to the cathedral and the attached residences. Interesting to note was that these residences are shaped like an L with the intent to build a 3 wing to make a full U, however the money ran out and what you can see are the corn...

Ok so all now on the boat so can relax for the next few days. We will actually sail the Main River until Rudesheim, then a short stint on the Rhine before turning into the Mosel at Koblenz on the 20th. And no this photo of the bridge on the boat wasn't taken at Nuremberg as basically once we had arrived they untied and started to sail.

Flight out to Munich, caught up with Carl and Carol at Heathrow. Problems at Munich though as our connecting pick up wasn't there and Carl and Carol had already left. Rang the ship to let them know of the issue and then just grabbed a cab. There is something to be said for flying down the autobahns at more than 180km/h, felt much safer than with Varun in India or perhaps I was conditioned to the driving. Bit of a drama once we got to Nurnberg with finding the boa...