The ship stayed docked in Rhudesheim, Germany until 9:00 AM. I walked briskly through the town to get a few photos in the daylight. It was quite foggy as we were departing, which worried us that we wouldn’t get to see the best scenery on the cruise. Luckily within minutes the fog lifted. It…
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Day 4 of Rhine River Cruise – Heidelberg and Rhudesheim
This morning we arrived in Speyer, Germany. We took a bus to Heidelberg, Germany. The first stop we made after the journey was to the castle in the middle of the hill. It was an impressive building. There was a wine barrel that held 58,000 gallons of wine in the wine cellar. After…
South America Cruise – Post #3
By some miracle I managed to make my connecting flight to Stockholm. If you ever think it’s a good idea to fly through Frankfurt….it never is. My flight from Houston arrived at gate C16 48 minutes late. Then I had to walk to gate A15, through passport control (luckily no queue there) then security (tremendous…
Mediterranean Cruise 2016 – Post # 7
I entered the EU late last night and stayed at a hotel connected to the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. I have a short flight from here to Venice this morning. This is not typical route for a visitor from the states, but I had a detour in London. Below is a picture of art in…