Vienna
9. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
More gardens in Schonbrunn Palace
Vienna
9. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Royal carriages were coloured green. No one else could use this colour green. It was for royalty only. And the importance of the royalty was known by the colour of the wheels. Black wheels indicatedWeiterlesen
Vienna
9. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
More amazing carriages on display at the Wagenburg (carriage museum) in the palace grounds
Vienna
9. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
More carriages
Vienna
9. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Went to the markets. Nothing great. Very aggressive sellers. They annoyed Graham so he shit stirred as usual
Durnstein
9. August 2017 in Deutschland ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Boat stopped this morning at Durnstein. Beautiful quaint village in the countryside of Austria. Reminded me of the old parts of France.
This is where Richard the Lion Heart was held prisoner in theWeiterlesen
Durnstein
9. August 2017 in Deutschland ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Pretty village with vineyards. Popular area for apricots. Selling apricot liquors and apricot jams. Very expensive. Obviously for dumb tourists .
Durnsrein/ Wachau/ Melk
9. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Left Durnstein at lunchtime. Cruising through the Wachau Valley to Melk. Ainsley and a group of bikers are actually biking through the valley to meet us at Melk. Too hot for me....and too bloody unfitWeiterlesen
Melk
10. August 2017 in Österreich ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Views of Melk Abby and the township. Small place but the church is quite spectacular
Austria / Germany
10. August 2017 in Österreich ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Linz 10th August 2017.
Sailed all night and arrived in Linz this morning. Busy day today. Got the bus to Linz then had a special treat and got on the original restored royal train from Linz toWeiterlesen
Salzburg
11. August 2017 in Österreich ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Sight seeing around the Old town of Salzburg. The fortress on the hill was was awesome. Pretty town centre
Salzburg / Old Town
11. August 2017 in Österreich ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Saw the house where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. View of the fortress and bridge crossing over to Mirabell Gardens. Started to rain but stopped when we went to see the gardens.
Salzburg / Mirabell Garden
11. August 2017 in Österreich ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
The castle ^Altenau^ and the beautiful gardens built in 1606 by Archbishop Wolf Dietrich for his mistress Salome Alt.
The flowers and layout has been kept the same since garden was established. LovelyWeiterlesen
Salzburg / Germany / Passau
11. August 2017 in Deutschland ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Crossed the border into Germany. Took the train again and now heading to Passau to re meet our boat. Had a lovely surprise on this trip with opera singers entertaining us. Singing songs from The SoundWeiterlesen
Germany / For Erica
11. August 2017 in Deutschland ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
11th August 2017
Hi kid. I've attached some interior photos of the boat. Quiet nice but after being on a big cruise boat this is really different. Mostly old people on this boat...lot older. SometimeWeiterlesen
Germany / Regensburg
11. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
11th August 2017.
Arrived in Regensburg this afternoon. A real Bavarian town. Had a Bavarian lunch and staff got dressed in Bavarian costumes. Quite neat. Weather is cloudy and overcast with showers.Weiterlesen
Germany / Nuremberg
13. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
12th August 2017.
Left Regensburg by bus this morning to go to Nuremberg as we are changing ships. Nuremberg is the 2nd largest city in the German state of Bavaria. Beautiful town with a lovely oldWeiterlesen
Germany/ Nuremberg
13. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Also here is The Burg Castle built in 11th century with walls completed in 1452. Very big castle with moats and defence towers. A lot of Nuremberg was destroyed in WW11 but restored to originalWeiterlesen
Germany / Nuremberg
13. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
More photos of inside castle. Like a town.
Germany / Nuremberg
13. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Still more phohtos in and around the castle.
Germany / Nuremberg
14. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
FYI. This is where the famous Nuremberg trials were held at courtroom 600 for trials of Nazi criminals.
During this tour I got the feeling the guides were trying to get us to understand or excuse theWeiterlesen
Germany / Bamberg
14. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
13th August 2017.
Last night we left Nuremberg and sailed to Bamberg. It's raining and we are staying here only till lunchtime so have decided to be lazy and stay on board. Apparently this is whereWeiterlesen
Germany/ Rothenburg/Wurzburg
15. August 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
14th August 2017.
This morning is a beautiful day for walking. Set off to Rothenberg and have found this to be the nicest town I have seen in Germany so far. It is still surrounded by its old cityWeiterlesen
Reisender
Oh look I can see Lizzie and Graham right at the back.
Reisender
Love the pose