This morning we arrived at the dock in Breisach, Germany much earlier than expected. The ships did have to rearrange themselves in the morning before we disembarked. Our morning walking tour of Breisach, Germany started at 9:30 AM. We walked up a hill to a nice cathedral and the town hall. The cathedral…
Category: River Cruise
Day 5 in Switzerland / Day 1 of Rhine River Cruise
This morning we explored Basel. We went to the city gate first via tram. We then walked around the area and found the Rathaus (City Hall). The building stood out from all the others because of it’s color and decoration. We then walked to the Basel Gothic church. We used our Swiss…
First (European) river cruise starts in 1 week
In one week I will be embarking on my first (European) river cruise. I will be traveling on the Rhine river from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam, Netherlands. I’ve been to Amsterdam before, but not Switzerland. Before the cruise I will take a few scenic trains through Switzerland, including the Glacier Express. Hopefully the skies…
China Trip – Post #12: Day 9 of Tour – Yangtze River Cruise and Red Pagoda
This morning we stopped at the town named Shibaozhai which has a red pagoda. The entire town was demolished and a new town was built at a higher elevation due to the higher river levels because of the dam. A wall was built around the pagoda to prevent it from being destroyed by the river. It…
China Trip – Post #11: Day 8 of Tour – Yangtze River Cruise – Godess Stream
This morning the scenery was wonderful. I captured a timelapse video from my balcony with my GoPro. I’ll probably have to wait until I leave China to upload the video to YouTube. Below picture is on the Yangtze River before arriving at Godess Stream. At 09:00 we took a small boat to a scenic…
China Trip – Post #10 – Day 7 of Tour: Yangtze River and 3 Gorges Dam
The stop in the morning was at a scenic spot called the water village. We took a nice walk along the river and into a gorge to a beautiful waterfall. We also saw a few macau monkeys with babies. During lunch the ship moved to a location near the 3 Gorges Dam….