We dock at Kiel, on the Baltic Sea, the capital of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. We are taking a 90 minute bus ride to Lubeck a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On arrival in Lubeck, we have 3 hours on our own to explore the town. The old town is located on an oval shaped island and still has some in tact medieval and gothic buildings. The Holsten Gate is one of the remaining relics of the original fortress complete with the iron gate that would have been dropped d...

Today is a big day. We have a 3 hour train ride to get from the Port of Warnemunde to the city of Berlin. The plan for the day is an overview of the city by coach and then time on our own. Our guide is a typical 'Berliner ' - her words. Blue eyed blonde hair and fun.( 2 out of 3 ) Her hair colour is definitely not natural! She takes us to the Berlin Wall site and unexpectedly we are able to get out and take photos. In fact all of the sites we visited, we were abl...

Regensburg is a medieval city on the banks of the Danube. Milton has gone for a tour of the Audi museum in Ingolstadt. We have a walking tour of Regensburg this morning and after lunch we are cycling to Walhalla. This is a Greek style monument built to honor men and women of history past and present to inspire the people of Germany. It is a 20km round trip And then a walk up 300 or so steps. The ride is easy , fairly flat and the walk up to the monument is str...

Today we woke up in Nuremberg Ns we are doing a tour of the Medieval Village. Nuremberg is the second largest city in the state of Bavaria. Most of the city was completely destroyed in WWII in a 90 minute blitz. hitler chose the town as the site for his annual Nazi Party Rallies. The city first appears in the records of 1050 and developed into one of Europe's greatest trade towns in the 13th century. It is an interesting tour and the burg or castle has been rec...

This morning we continue to cruise along the Main River (pronounced Mine). It is picturesque rural country side dotted with small villages. We took the opportunity to have a bit of a sleep in. Glenn was up and in the gym on the treadmill at around 7.30 though. Because we are cruising today we have a couple of activities on board. At about 10.45am there is a Bavarian Fruhschoppen which included beer, white sausage, bratwurst, sauerkraut, pretzel,sausage etc etc....