An early morning for us, our bags had to be packed and placed outside our cabin door before 0800! After that it was breakfast and back to the cabin in hurry up and wait mode. We boarded the buses around 0900 for a 90 minute trip to Regensburg in the state of Bavaria. Once upon a time it was the state capital, but that is now Munich. Once on the boat we hurried up and waited a little more to check into our cabins. We scored a minor upgrade in the fact we are now on the third (top) level vs the second.
Our new boat is the Scenic Opal, Scenic is the owner of our previous company Emerald, and as such have “posher” boats and service. So far I think we prefer the cabin layout of the previous boat, we haven’t made a decision on the restaurant and bar yet, although the bar is free to all, all day long and all types of drinks. Previously we had a package that was beer and wine all day long. Evidently we’ll get a refund on the unused portion of that package! We all so have a free mini-bar in the room as well as butler!
After lunch we headed off on a short walking tour of Regensburg, like all other towns it has a Cathedral or two, many old buildings etc. The oldest standing part of the city is the North Gate which dates back to 176AD.
Below is a “David and Goliath” mural, said to represent the Catholics (Goliath) over running the Lutherans (David). Never did understand religion!
Above is the old Salt House, salt being a valuable commodity for preserving food in days gone by when there was no refrigeration.
Above is the plaque on the house where Oskar Schindler (Schindlers List) once lived.
Below are a few random pictures of Regensburg.
Hopefully tomorrow’s entry will be different day, same country, same ship!!