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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 11:34 AM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 174 m
AustriaDürnstein48°23’24” N 15°31’18” E
Durnstein Austria
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
quaint little austrian village - 1 street -12 cars. long walk up to the castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in 1192. Apricots are king here everything from schnapps to wine to marmeladeRead more
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 1:12 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 203 m
- AustriaDürnstein48°24’33” N 15°30’7” E
leaving durnstein
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
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final view of the picturesque Austrian village as we meander up the Danube.
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 1:27 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 184 m
- AustriaWeißenkirchen in der Wachau48°23’43” N 15°28’25” E
Weibenkirchen
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Wee village as we sail...
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Vineyards in the background. Gewertztraminer on the flat at the bottom, riesling up the hillside.
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 1:29 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 185 m
- AustriaWeißenkirchen in der Wachau48°23’33” N 15°28’16” E
weibenkirchen
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
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vineyards as far as the eye can see all on hills no flat land here.
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 1:51 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 194 m
- AustriaSpitz48°22’11” N 15°26’12” E
Cruising... St Michaels church
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
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Old church on the river bank. Vineyards still on the hills behind...
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 210 m
- AustriaSpitz48°21’45” N 15°25’10” E
Spitz
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 2:57 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 201 m
- AustriaAggsbach48°16’41” N 15°23’32” E
Danube cruising ...
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 3:12 PM
- ⛅ 34 °C
- Altitude: 208 m
- AustriaSchönbühel an der Donau48°15’26” N 15°22’9” E
Schloss Schoenbuehel
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 3:27 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 214 m
- AustriaPielach48°14’21” N 15°20’22” E
Donau near Melk
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
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- Day 23
- Monday, July 11, 2016 at 3:33 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 204 m
- AustriaEmmersdorf an der Donau48°14’8” N 15°19’55” E
Arriving at Melk
July 11, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 7:00 AM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 253 m
- AustriaHauptplatz Tram Station48°18’26” N 14°17’10” E
Linz
July 12, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Disembark ship here and take the Majestic Imperator train to Salzburg, then Passau in Germany. 200,000 population and 210,000 jobs in Linz - many commute in obviously. Big industrial parks....
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 3:33 PM
- 🌧 22 °C
- Altitude: 418 m
- AustriaSalzburg Central Station47°48’47” N 13°2’44” E
Salzberg, Austria
July 12, 2016 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Arrived here by train, none less than the Majestic Imperator. The town of Mozart's birthplace. Originally a salt mining town. Also the home of the von Trapp family of Sound of Music fame. Very quaint.Read more
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Mozart's second house where he lived another 7 years. Many more pieces written while here no doubt. He left here for Vienna at 27 and wasn't seen again in Salzberg, then died when only 35.
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Mozart's birthplace. Family lived on third floor, those open windows. He lived here 17 years.
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:00 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 436 m
- AustriaBerndorf48°9’26” N 12°57’5” E
Majestic Imperator Train
July 12, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
travelling on this amazing recreation of the Royal train. Opulent doesnt describe how they travelled less than 100 years ago.
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very precise gardens in Salzburg can't imagine planting 300k of plants every 3 months!
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 6:00 PM
- 🌧 20 °C
- Altitude: 354 m
GermanyPassau48°34’0” N 13°25’55” E
Passau, Germany
July 12, 2016 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Train to here from Salzberg, where we picked up our ship again. Raining and getting dark, and we just head off toward next stop. No pics 😐
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- Day 25
- Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 11:38 AM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 325 m
- GermanyWalhallastraße49°1’36” N 12°7’31” E
Cruising the Main Danube canal
July 13, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
locks, locks n more locks 62 in all some with a rise or drop of 25 metres. Valhalla was commisionned by Ludwig the 1st.
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- Day 25
- Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 12:00 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 323 m
- GermanyRegensburg49°1’14” N 12°6’13” E
Regensburg, Germany
July 13, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A well preserved medieval city that escaped bombing in WWII. Old sausage kitchen first opened in 1135! Our ship looks bald now .. everything on the top deck is laid flat, furniture stowed, even theRead more
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some of the oldest medieval buildings left intact after the war.
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tbe more narrow the street the poorer you were and the lower on the feudal ladder
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- Day 25
- Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 1:00 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 321 m
- GermanyRegensburg49°1’30” N 12°6’20” E
Baverian lunch then our walking tour
July 13, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
waiters dressed in traditional clothing do not call Bavarians "Germans" they don't like it! if Bavaria was a separate country from Germany it would be the 8th most powerful economy in the world.Read more
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Regensburg across the water.every town is on both sides of the river
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- Day 26
- Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 11:00 AM
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 338 m
- GermanyMittelhembach49°17’30” N 11°6’44” E
Danube-Main-Rhine canal
July 14, 2016 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
This canal connects to Danube & Rhine rivers. Highest stretch is 406m above seal level. Highest lock 25m water level difference!
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- Day 26
- Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 2:43 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 298 m
- GermanyStein49°24’57” N 11°1’8” E
Faber Castell mansion n tour
July 14, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Visiting the largest pencil manufacturing company in the world including a museum n castle
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Faber Castell factory built in 1830. their brazilian factory produces 3 billion pencils per year. Also all wood supplied is from their eco reforestation property in brazil.
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- Day 26
- Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 2:49 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 305 m
- GermanyLudwig-Donau-Main-Kanal49°24’14” N 11°4’12” E
Nuremburg - WWII tour.
July 14, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Richard took a city tour which uncluded WWII / nazi sites.
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Zeppelin grand stand where Hitler rallied the population pre-war. Seen in movies (?) and docos. A bit intimidating...
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- Day 26
- Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 4:04 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 331 m
- GermanyNuremberg Castle49°27’30” N 11°4’36” E
Medieval Nuremberg
July 14, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
City tour included a visit to the old medieval city where earliest settlement began around 800AD. Most of the old city dates around 1300AD.
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- Day 26
- Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 9:00 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 288 m
- GermanyKleinreuth49°26’34” N 10°59’56” E
German sunset
July 14, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Cruising along the Main River enjoying dinner and the sunset
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- Day 27
- Friday, July 15, 2016 at 8:43 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 233 m
- GermanyHafen Bamberg49°54’34” N 10°51’31” E
Bamberg
July 15, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The end of the Canal connecting the Danube with the Rhine (via the Main river). 7 hills contain 7 churches reminiscent of Rome. Another very quaint medieval"old town" centre.
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Roof tops rebuilt exactly as they were including the bows n dips because its a heritage site no changes allowed.
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- Day 27
- Friday, July 15, 2016 at 7:31 PM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 210 m
- GermanySennfelder See50°2’42” N 10°14’31” E
Evening at Schweinfurt
July 15, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
a stop here on our way through the 42 more canal n river locks. We picked up our entertainment Lindsay Hamilton who was wondrous with her renditions of favourite show n movie songs.
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- Day 28
- Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 8:50 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 163 m
- GermanyGoßmannsdorf am Main49°40’42” N 10°2’18” E
Another lock ... barge being pushed thru
July 16, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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Castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned for ransom.
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Richard the Lionheart trying out his new digs.
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view from atop the castle. Hard climb but the view was astounding.