After returning from Resenburg last night we settled into the new cabin. As I think I said yesterday, although this is meant to be a superior cruise line to Emerald, there were many things we preferred on the other boat. It had far more storage for clothing and other items in the cabin. Although we are in the same relative position in the boat (albeit one level up) the engine noise is much more noticeable on this boat. Previously we felt the boat was just gliding along, on this one you can feel and hear that it is being powered along. It gets pretty noisy when we are manoeuvring in and out of locks. Despite my nit pickings above, it has done nothing to diminish the trip!
Last night after leaving Resenburg we made a brief stop to pick up a Bavarian brass quartet for some traditional Bavarian entertainment.
A good night was had by all!!
Today the weather has turned colder, 12C (56F) and it has just started to rain. We are currently on the Rhin-Main-Danube canal, by passing the river. We are going through a series of locks, there are 16 altogether with some of them having a rise / drop of 15m (80ft). After lunch we will be stopping at Nurnberg (as I am too lazy to look up spellings, berg and burg in town names is used interchangeably!!) for a few hours.
This morning there was an origami lesson in the lounge, Lyn completed two items, I gave up halfway through the easy one!!
This afternoon we embarked on a tour to the old town of Nurnberg. When our tour guide introduced herself on the bus, we both remarked how good her English was. She came from Michigan, USA! She married a German 26 years ago and stayed in Germany. What I found interesting was…. she had a slight German accent!
Again it will be mostly pictures as I can set them up to download over night, rather than wait for individual downloads and adding a commentary. Google Lens could be your friend if you are interested in what each of the pictures are. Unfortunately the weather put a damper on things, literally. We had our first serious rain of the cruise.
The trip finished up in sausage / beer restaurant. The beer was OK, but I have tasted better German sausages from the street vendors in Ottawa!
