Typical morning. Actually our mornings and evenings are falling into a pretty consistent routine.Up at 6:30, Breakfast at 7:00, back …

What’s a *berg? What’s a *burg? What’s a *dorf? When a place name ends in ‘berg’ it is a reference …

There are several Rothenburgs in Germany so this one has the ‘above the Tauber River’ addition to it’s name. We …

We didn’t actually dock in Miltenberg until after lunch so this morning was a ‘turn off the alarm and catch …

By the way, We are on a ship named the Viking Egdir.Egdir is identified in Norse mythology as the watchman …

Up bright and early, breakfasted and onto the bus for the ride into Cologne. This is a theme on this …

Today was a split day. We docked upstream a bit at Kinderdijk and set out on excursions.The big draw at …

We were up early (OK, when the alarm went off at 7:00 Cheryl pointed out that we should have set …

Maurits Cornelis Escher was born in 1898, in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. His father (a hydrogolic engineer) wanted his son to …

NOTE: This post contains a whole lot of pictures of art and no much else. You will lose little if …