Please don't be confused by the picture (its actually in France), it's the closest I could find of a River, to reflect the fact that we cruised along the Rhine in Germany for a day ! It's a shame we only spent one night in Germany, it's a huge place and they love to drink beer so we would have enjoyed staying there longer ! We did the following whilst there : * view of the Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen ; * drive through the Black Forest (which is actually dying...

One final night of stopovers on my way back from Oz to England, Frankfurt in the middle of winter is bloody cold ! I was very well rugged up (yes I took a coat & gloves, despite it being summer when I left Oz !), which was a good thing for going on a sightseeing tour and trudging through snow all day long !!! I was lucky to find a tour going actually, 'cos just about everything else was shut down, apart from the huts selling gluvein (hot wine). This was just a fi...