The city name of Karlsruhe allegedly translates to something along the lines of Charles’ rest/repose/peace. And the city has a nice cozy vibe, especially in the soft snow flurries. The day started with a nice visit to the Karlsruhe Palace, as built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach. There is little of … More Resting With Karl

There was a just a little final tiny bit of shopping left to do at the Ulm Christmas Market, so my mom and I spent the morning going around checking out the shops, and picking up things we missed from the previous night. This morning: snow! And lots more snow! The whole morning was just … More Walking In A Badisch Wunderland

(Trip date: 11/27/2023) Sadly the Christmas Market in Augsburg was not possible for us to visit as it opened later in the evening, after we would be gone. But we did a little more touring around the city and came to see the Augsburg Cathedral. Per Wikipedia: The Cathedral of Augsburg (German: Dom Mariä Heimsuchung) … More One Tall Church

Yes! This time… Augsburg! (City Date: 11/26/2023) A absolutely wonderful gem of a city. Pretty classic and medieval looking buildings everywhere you turn. A settlement founded by Roman emperor Augustus in 15BC, it is Germany’s 6th oldest city. After checking into our hotel room – not a fancy dang ship, we made our way to … More Another Burg?

(City Date: 11/25/2023) My 4th time in Nuremberg, and it never gets old. Sadly however, still, due to high river levels we were unable to dock in or Near Nuremberg (The Danube river does not flow through it), however or ship now finally did make it to Regensburg. Which meant a 90 minute busride from … More Nuremberg, Chapter 4

(City Date: 11/24/2023) Another interesting day! Unfortunately due to heavy rains which can cause high river levels and flooding, the ship was unable to make port in the planned destination stop of Regensburg. So we docked about 30 minutes outside of town, and took a bus in. Also unfortunately it rained for most of our … More Rainy Castra Regina

(City Date: 11/23/2023) A little bit of a delay on the posting, it’s been so busy. Most of the day started with a neat cruise through the most scenic and picturesque forested valleys of western Austria, in addition to seeing an incredible sight – a lock, like the others, but off to the side was … More Passing Into Passau

-Got into small itty bitty and pretty town of Dürnstein in the morning. Dürnstein means dry stone, which is funny, as it rained a bit during the day. -Took long and exhausting hike to top of hills to visit a castle. Castle was ‘home’ of King Richard the Lion Heart while prisoner after the Third … More Dürnstein und Melk

Visit Date: 11/21/2023. It was a long and exhausting but incredible day. It started with arriving at 8 in the morning, pulling up to the docks a short ways outside of the city center of Vienna. We took a tour bus around the main street that rings all the old town city center, before being … More Lovely Vienna

A long river day. The day started out still on the trip down the Danube river. And there was an interesting event. A lock which the ship goes into to have the water level raised so the ship can continue down the river! It took maybe 20 minutes from the time we stopped at the … More Nie. Wieder. Berlin.