Passau Today we started our first full day of our cruise in Passau, Germany. The town is situated on the junction of three rivers, the Danube, the Inn and the Ilz. The town has rich history with most of the town's wealth accumulating during the salt trade. In the morning we went on a walking tour of the city and some of the key locations including the town hall, artists sector and finished at the Cathedral for a 30 minute organ recital on the second largest chu...

The Imperial Castle in Nuremberg We started this morning with a leisurely breakfast after a short lie in. We then checked out of our hotel and headed up the hill to the Imperial Castle on the northern side of the old city. The castle is quite a dominating feature on the top of the hill. The earliest parts of the Castle date to the 11th Century. The remaining sections of the castle were constructed over the next four centuries. Walking around the castle you get ...

Nuremberg We awoke early this morning to get ready for the next leg of our journey. After breakfast and checking out of our hotel we went across the road to the main railway station in Frankfurt to board our train to Nuremberg. 1st class train travel is way more civilised a way to travel that economy class flying. Very quiet, luxurious and spacious with table service. The train was on time and we arrived into Nuremberg at 11.00am. On arrival we walked through t...

Frankfurt & Rhine River Cruise Today started off very leisurely with a sleep in and late breakfast. We then went back into town to buy Nicole replacement sunglasses. Her old glasses somehow got lost yesterday in Rothenburg. I also managed to find a new polo shirt to add to the new slimmer wardrobe. We had then planned on seeing a Monet exhibition at one of the galleries but the queue to get in was too long for the time available so we passed on the exhibit....

Today was our first organised tour of the holiday and if they all turn out this way we are in for some memorable moments. Today we were taken by mini bus on a tour of the medieval gated town of Rothenburg on der Tauber. From Wikipedia - "Rothenburg ob der Tauber (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːtənbʊɐ̯k ɔp deːɐ̯ ˈtaʊbɐ]) is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known...