Oct 10th - Oct 14th, 2010 Danube

What a wonderful way to spend a holiday ! On the Danube River with a small # of people (145), excellent accomadations, excellent service, very friendly staff, delicious food, local entertainment, piano bar and dancing, excellent local wine, warm sunny days, and of course fantastic company ! We have had some interesting bus and walking tours of Nurenburg, Regensburg, Passau, and Weltenberg Abbey. Their history, architecture, and culture are fasinating and so old. We are such a young country. Passing thru the many locks on the Main-Danube-Canal was a highlight. Last night around 10 we sat on the outer deck, wrapped in blankets, drank hot chocolate/rum and went thru a lock very near Morris's home town. Our little memories are Vicki playing "Bertha" in a local musical chair/poem game, closing the lounge down every night after dancing, the local entertainment on board, watching and meeting new folks, the scenery along the river and the towns we tie up to, drinkibg a beer at the oldest brewery in Germany at Weltenburg Abbey, eating gingerbread at the market in Nuemburg, and so on, and so on. We have just spent the afternoon cruising down the river and are tied up at a dock in Linz, Austria. We were not here 10 minutes and another cruise ship pulled up beside us. Have to watch out opening curtains ! Hello to everyone back in Canada.