Author Archives: JR

The pictuesque town of Regensburg is one of Europe’s best-preserved medieval cities, the oldest city along the Danube and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Today our walking tour started right from our boat and it was great. We were parked … Continue reading →

A short bus ride took us into Nuremberg this morning.  We stopped at a few key spots around the city before we reached our main destination, the Imperial Castle in Nuremberg, where we were able to walk around a small … Continue reading →

Today we drove the famous ”Romantic Road” to Rothenburg. Oh my! This grandfather of scenic routes took us through historic towns with striking buildings, cute little houses, historic sites and fabulous scenery all along the way. Rothenburg, our destination today, … Continue reading →

We’re now on the Main (pronounced like ”mine”) River, a tributary of the Rhine.  We’ve been going through locks off and on and the scenery has changed a bit – more lush green and a few more turning trees and … Continue reading →

We left from Kobenz for Bingen and sailed down the Middle Rhine. This 40-mile stretch of the river has spectacular scenery, including picturesque forests, vineyards and no fewer than 28 castles along the way. It’s definitely one of the highlights … Continue reading →

Koblenz is a traditional German country town at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle Rivers. Founded more than 2,000 years ago it’s the typical fairy-tale German town with its cobblestone streets, wood-beamed houses adorned with flowers, ancient market square … Continue reading →

We took a guided walk through Cologne city center, mostly to see the famous Cologne Cathedral. There were two main disappointments here: 1) the Cathedral is almost black with dirt and 2) after the war destroyed much of the city, … Continue reading →

We toured 2 beautiful ”houses” today, both built by Clemens August, the Cologne Elector and Archbishop. One was his 120-room main residence and gardens in Bruhle which he called Augustusburg Palace, and the other his nearby hunting lodge which was … Continue reading →

The windmills at Kinderdijk are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills were built in 1738 and 1740 to keep water out of the polder, a low-lying tract of land enclosed by dikes. It is the … Continue reading →