Today we had our first and only stop of the season in the Austrian town of Krems. A slightly larger town, but still with a charming historical old section, Krems’ town charter was granted in 1305. But there have been archaeological discoveries here dating back 32,000 years. It lies at the edge of the Wachau … Read more
I recently had the opportunity to go along with the afternoon excursion group to Rothenburg, Germany. (Just a little pronunciation reminder: there is no “th” sound in the German language, so the town’s name is pronounced Roh-Ten-Burg.) Milos had been there before and encouraged me to go and see it, as this might be the … Read more
Usually, we only get a couple of hours in this lovely little city, but recently due to the low water levels on the rivers in this area, we had more opportunities to explore and get to know the wonderful city of Passau as we remained docked there for a few days. Passau’s nickname is … Read more