Let's Go!
28 de agosto de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
Ready for the long flight to Zurich! Delta Crown Room is really nice in the international terminal.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!
29 de agosto de 2024, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
The flight to Zurich was uneventful (thankfully) and was surprised at how small the airport was. There was immigration/passport inspection but no customs. We quickly went to the train station for aLeia mais
Day in Basel, Switzerland.
30 de agosto de 2024, Suíça ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Angele and I left our hotel for the Viking dock and the staff graciously took our bags and Angele and I left to explore the city. We should have stayed in Basel yesterday! Basel is the third largestLeia mais
The Black Forest
31 de agosto de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Our first excursion was a 1.5 hour bus trip through German countryside to a little area in the Black Forest. Visited a chapel constructed in the 1100's and this area is known for Cuckoo Clock Makers.Leia mais
Afternoon in Breisach, Germany
31 de agosto de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
Had lunch on the boat and then Renee, Angele, I walked up into Breisach. The church has an interesting story, note the two spires are completely different. A wedding was happening in the church soLeia mais
Summer Wine Festival in Breisach!
31 de agosto de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
Angele, Renee, and I ran into some fellow Viking Explorers who were looking for a wine festival. We assumed it was down a blocked off street and we were correct. About 20 German wineries and it was aLeia mais
Strasbourg, France
1 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Renee, Mark, Angele, and I took a tour of Strasbourg, France this morning. City with a great history as it has flipped back and fourth between being a German and France city.
More Strasbourg!
1 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
The Catholic church in Strasbourg is the 6th tallest in the world!
More photos from Obernai!
1 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Quick stop at Obernai, France
1 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Nice little midevel village for a quick stop on our way to a wine tasting. Town is famous for Sainte-Odile, the patron saint for Alsace. Born blind and regained sight after she was baptized at 13Leia mais
Wine Tasting at Xavier Muller
1 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Bussed to the town of Marlenheim to visit Xavier Muller Winery for a wine tasting. It was not great.
Morning in Speyer
2 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Walking tour of Speyer, Germany this morning! The Speyer Cathedral was built in the 1100's and can hold 5,000 worshippers!
More Speyer photos
2 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Angele and Renee completed the Portuguese route of the Camino de Santiago in April. We have seen a few signs during our trip including this statue of St. James.
Cruising the Rhine.
2 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
After the morning tour, a bus took us up river to meet "Mani" (name of the boat) where we had lunch and enjoyed a cruise to the next port of Rudesheim. Rudesheim is a town of 10k and is in the middleLeia mais
Dinner in Rudenstein
2 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Dinner in a small town of 10k that was a Viking Excursion. Had an enjoyable evening!
Castles of the Middle Rhine
3 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Today's journey takes us up the Rhine past the "Castles of the Middle Rhine". The Rhine River was a main passage of trade and armies from England and Amsterdam. These photos are the first few CastlesLeia mais
More Castles of the Middle Rhine
3 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Some more Castles of the Rhine
3 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Interesting issue, our Viking ship had to port before today's stop in Koblenz under the Marksburg Castle. Up river there is construction and an unexploded ordinance from WW2 was discovered. Waiting toLeia mais
Day in Koblenz, Germany
3 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Koblenz, Germany is a fast growing part of Europe due to its central European location and it's cost of living compared elsewhere but this is changing. Many USA companies have European headquarters inLeia mais
More photos from Koblenz.
3 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Story on the clock and the face where his eyes move and his tongue is out at the top of the hour is amusing. Also, the spitting boy fountain is popular with the locals.
Cologne Cathedral
4 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
This morning's tour was Old Towne Cologne with the highlight being the Cathedral. Cologne was 96% destroyed during WW2 and the city was rebuilt to look as it did pre-war. The Cathedral was damagedLeia mais
More photos from Cologne.
4 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Had a great lunch at a local Brauhous!
Beer tour of Cologne
4 de setembro de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Tonight we signed up for a Brauhaus tour with dinner and sampling local beer from Cologne. None of us are real beer drinkers but our traditional German dinner at Peter's and the beer at the otherLeia mais
Quaint old towne of Gorinchem
5 de setembro de 2024, Países Baixos ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Start of our tour today was walking through the old towne of Gorinchem, Netherlands.
Visit to a cheese maker/dairy farm.
5 de setembro de 2024, Países Baixos ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Second part of our tour was a dairy farm who uses the milk to make cheese and other dairy products. Had about 400 cows and 270 are producing milk.
