On our way home!!!

Edinburgh is a tendered port--so we had to take a shuttle from the ship to the port. Boarded our tour bus and set off for the city of Leith which was about 30 minutes away. Our tour was for the Royal Yacht Brittanis, a beautiful ship that belonged to Queen Elizabeth. We had free rein for touring...my favorite part was seeing all the personal pictures hanging on the walls. Still decorated as it was when she used it. It's been retired for a while. Toured the city o...

Sorry for not updating, the wifi is bad and we are paying for it now, so I've been using it for checking emails and texts. I'm at a mall today, so hoping I can just cut and paste my notes into this. In any case, here goes! I haven't been posting lately because it didn't seem right to be having fun when so many family and friends were suffering from Harvey. Our hearts have been breaking for everyone back home affected by the storm. Our wifi has also been very ske...

We've visited so many places that are similar--large castles, cathedrals, and half timbered houses that dominate the landscape. I like cruising on the Rhine River much more than the Danube--more to see along the way and we can go under the overpasses without fear of hitting. One ship ahead of us that was sailing in the Danube got stuck due to low water, and a ship that was one day behind us couldn't pass under the bridge due to too much rain!! Now that we are on ...

We had a perfect weather day for Nuremberg at the beginning...cool, sunny, very nice. We didn't begin our tour until 1:15, so we had lots of free time in the morning to take care of whatever. I washed out some stuff, Rich did his own thing. Sure wish we had a washing machine!! We rode a bus to the city, which took about 30 minutes or so. Met our tour guide and we drove all around the city seeing some of the sights from WWII. One building that was ENORMOUS was ne...