Laudensacks Parkhotel Bad Kissingen

... Wurzburg also has several beautiful Baroque churches.<br><br>I had my first bratwurst at a stand that has sold them for 30+ years. Cheap and good. I also had some Gluchwein, or something like that, which is hot spiced wine. It was great on a cold day like today.<br><br>I left Wurzburg and headed to Rothenburg. When I arrived there were once again, no taxis. So I to lug my luggage, in the cold, drizzling rain, about a ...

... thing I did notice were the German "rest stops". Unlike those we know in the US, these are simply pullovers and nothing else. Nothing else except men peeing along the side of the road, in broad daylight. Come on Germany- Let's invest in some restrooms! At least one of those McClean pay ones would be an improvement.

... one man band who's English sounds like one run on sentence with no chance of being understood. Blessedly, there is some recognizable tunes. Shuls is a dance machine.<br><br>We stopped on the main bridge at a cafe with a fire blazing and had coffee. We then returned to the ship for our optional excursion to Rothenburg. A Unesco site that is a completely walled in Medieval village from the ...

... between Budapest and Amsterdam.<br>We&#8217;re now traveling on the Main River. We&#8217;ve seen many swans and ducks on the river and the hills have many vineyards. After lunch we docked at Wurzburg , another picturesque town with many church spires and a fortress on the hill. The river is crossed by another old stone bridge with large statues of Bishop Princes and saints lining the sides of the bridge.<br><br>

The fourth biggest city in Germany, with over one million inhabitants, Cologne (Köln in German) began life as a Roman colony or colonia (hence its name). Its location on the Rhine, at the heart of Germania, was key to its status as capital of the province. The city became a centre for worship, famous for the legend and cult of Santa Ursula, and built several splendid Romanesque churches, which survive today. <br><br>By the Middle Ages, Cologne was one of ...

... job, well done.<br><br>We then strolled through the town, took a look in the two main churches and then headed out looking for a camp ground.<br><br>We found one just outside of the town, it is along a canal with barges going up and down the waterways and rows and rows of vineyards on the hill sides. Just a beautiful setting. We had diner in town so we just set up for the night with our canopy us. It looks like rain again.

... been there longer, so I understand why we were hurried. I am glad we took the tour, though, because it gave us a better understanding of how life really was at Dachau for the prisoners. It's a pretty important thing to understand, I think. <br>It's still difficult to comprehend, though, that something like that could happen. Kevin compared it to Guantanamo Bay, and in a way, he had a good point about some of the similarities. I won't go through his whole argument, but ...

... We only just had enough time to clean up and go for dinner and then went to the lounge for a talent concert put on by the crew.  I have never laughed so much, Mac put it all on video so we will have that as a wonderful memory.  Pretty tired at the end of the day so packed up at 10:30pm and went to bed.  It is dusk at this time and seems to be strange going to bed when it is still light outside."

... mercy. The General thought about it and said if anyone could drink the giant mug of wine (apparently it held 6 litres) in one go he would spare the town. So the mayor said righty ho and succeeded so the town was spared. Now every year on the 7th Sunday after Easter they basically reenact the entire thing and get drunk for three days. I don't think I have ever seen drinking vessels as big before, I honestly believed some of the steins they were drinking from we only meant for ...

... m above sea level at Hanau. The river Mainin its natural state is a fast-moving stream unsuitable for shipping.In the 19th century the river was tamed and a system of dams and locksis now part of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal connecting the North Sea with the Black Sea<br><br>Lohr is said to be Snow White's possible birthplace.<br>