Weisser Hase Passau

... and my Great Grandparents grew up. It was the best trip ever I had such an amazing time! Words cannot describe how I felt there, seeing my heritage and reconnecting with family.

Took a side trip to Prague. Amazing city, one of my favorites now! Loved it.

Now I'm in Munich til Monday. It's great here...beautiful sights and delicious beer! I'm in heaven haha

OK sooo that's a little update for now! Hope everyone is happy and healthy!

More soon...
Michelle

... money for lunch.

After lunch we window shopped and bought souvenirs. I also bought more coke and some pretzels to take back to the ship. Then we went to the Glass Museum which contains tens of thousands of glassware items from the 17th century on. A short walk took us to where the buses were to take us back to the ship. It was another pleasant drive, this time on the Autobahn. We got on the ship in Deggendorf where Muriel was waiting by the door.

... haben wir nicht mehr nachgerechnet...

Und dann gingen die Türen auf und wir wurden von meiner Mama rührend in Empfang genommen. Es ist echt schön, wenn jemand auf einen wartet, wenn man so lange weg war. Und sie hatte was richtiges zu essen mit - Gebäck! Wir sind wieder daheim, einfach schön.

Zum Abschluss dieser gelungenen Reise muss ich noch sagen, dass sie das Geld echt wert war. Wir hatten wunderschöne drei Wochen und haben so unendlich viele neue ...

From Alice's Diary,
" What a fantastic day.  Of course started the day off with breakfast but I had been up earlier to have my coffee and ciggy and this is the time that I sit down in the coffee room and get my diary up to date.  At 8.30am we got the call to come on deck as we were sailing into Passau.  What a wonderful sight, the little town on the banks with the mountains in the back ground.  It is hard to put on paper and describe what we can see ...

... gives me a bed in the annex a further 30 metres up the hill. On the fifth floor. And no lift. Thats seven bags and I'm wrecked. Worst of all is the knowledge that I'm only here one night and have to bring it all down in the morning. The key deposit is a hefty £10. Dinner is £6.70 for sausage and chips, some salad, yoghurt and coffee. But the hostel setting and rooms are fantastic with views over the three rivers and the town. The walls are huge and the layout is labyrinthine. Wifi ...

Arrived by Train from Vienna, and picked up the bikes at Train station.Everyone lost quickly, bikes needed adjustmentment (Sue thought she had no brakes) so bike was changes. Visited Dom (Cathederal) and then drinks and dinner at nearby Pub (Gasthoff ...

... you solve a problem like Maria"; Just lovely of course. I think I am running out of adjectives to describe these gorgeous places. The shop windows had the traditional dress on display, but so expensive, a complete outfit can cost up to 1000 euros., Then onto Salzburg, very very old, the site was used in roman times but re-established in 696; there are over 100 hundred ...

... where there is an runway alongside the river. Amazing. I filmed a military plane practising landings when some chap hopped out of this car (literally - he left the engine running) and then proceeded to practice his English on me. At length. He was very friendly, but by the time we got into the details of his second failed marriage (and there were no aircraft left on any horizon) I decided it was time to hit the road.

... and people. We had dinner at the local brewery and had my first beer with my Dad. The tour was a self guided tour but they pre-book all the hotel rooms and provided a map, and every morning they would pick up our luggage and take it to the next hotel. The ride was great because they had a bike path that followed the river the majority of the time and it was relatively ...

... HUGE cruise boats, which must go through locks to bypass the many dams. Roads are narrow (no shoulders), and the traffic is fast, so we're glad to be on bike paths 98% of the time. People here are FASTIDIOUS about their homes, sweeping driveways, washing windowsills and fence railings and tending beautiful gardens. Janet (tall patches of cosmos), Pamela (beautiful roses), Carmen (lavatira), Mom (masses of ...