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Rothenburg ob der Tauber

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise Welcome to Wurzburg, Germany! Rather than join the crowd in the dining room every morning, Jim and I usually enjoyed a lighter breakfast on the Aquavit Terrace of the Skadi. There we could scope out our surroundings with less chit chat and ease into […]

Regensburg, Germany

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise Today we’ll go back in time on a walking tour of the medieval city of Regensburg, Germany. Untouched by bombing during WWII, Regensburg is one of Germany’s most well-preserved cities and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is to be a fantastic day weather-wise […]

Schärding Town Visit

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise After a fabulous morning tour in Passau, Germany, we head back to Wisconsin – OH WAIT – we’re not in Wisconsin, although the terrain felt very familiar – with wide expanses of wheat and cornfields. Some houses along our route were similar in style to […]

Passau, Germany

Click on the first photo in each group and scroll to see the square photos at full size. To start at the beginning of this series, visit Grand European River Cruise “Founded by the Celts more than 2,000 years ago, Passau is one of Bavaria’s oldest cities. Known as the “City of Three Rivers” (Dreiflüssestadt), […]

The Melk Abbey

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise After our scenic cruise thru the Wachau Valley relatively early this morning, we had several hours in Melk before we left Austria and made our way to Germany. As you can see by the photo above, Melk is located where the Danube and Melk Rivers […]

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