The Great Danube Cruise, Day Five - Nurnberg
Yay we are on the boat! And it is moving!
And yes, here I am writing whilst cruising...
On Thursday we had a great tour of Nurnberg. We opted out of seeing the former Nazi rally grounds and instead took a walking tour of the quaint town known for gingerbread. Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas.
We toured the old castle and then took a bus to the city center. It was lovely just to walk around and shop and explore. We were told Nurnberg is famous for it's tiny sausages. Apparently back in Medieval times the castle door would lock but people still wanted their sausages so they made them small enough to go into the keyhole. There is mother with that keyhole!
We never found the sausage (weren't looking too hard) but did find an amazing pastry shop where we had a slice of Black Forest Cake. Perfect.
We then boarded the boat and set sail for Regensburg. This is the part of cruising I love and on a river it is so different than on the open seas. We cruised by sheep in the pasture, ducks twirling by and castles peaking out of the distance. The most exciting part was a woman on horseback who cantered by us for over two hours. We aren't sure if she was paid by the boat but she was everyone's highlight of the day!
Here is a link of her greeting us and doing a fancy little step and repeat. As it was August 21, what would have been my grandmother's 92 birthday it was wonderful to think about her and her love of horses and this wonderful woman kept appearing, smiling and confident in her English saddle.
I lulled to sleep while reading the new Arch Digest about Marella Agnelli's villa. Can't get much better than that.
We then got dressed for the most formal night on the boat and had a great dinner with wonderful friends and we all got a little too sauced. We ended up on the dance floor in hysterics. Carl tried to do 'The Gator' but broke a tooth and the rest of us just twisted and turned till our drinks ran dry.
If you are curious about the boat- images below!
And yes, here I am writing whilst cruising...
On Thursday we had a great tour of Nurnberg. We opted out of seeing the former Nazi rally grounds and instead took a walking tour of the quaint town known for gingerbread. Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas.
We toured the old castle and then took a bus to the city center. It was lovely just to walk around and shop and explore. We were told Nurnberg is famous for it's tiny sausages. Apparently back in Medieval times the castle door would lock but people still wanted their sausages so they made them small enough to go into the keyhole. There is mother with that keyhole!
We never found the sausage (weren't looking too hard) but did find an amazing pastry shop where we had a slice of Black Forest Cake. Perfect.
We then boarded the boat and set sail for Regensburg. This is the part of cruising I love and on a river it is so different than on the open seas. We cruised by sheep in the pasture, ducks twirling by and castles peaking out of the distance. The most exciting part was a woman on horseback who cantered by us for over two hours. We aren't sure if she was paid by the boat but she was everyone's highlight of the day!
Here is a link of her greeting us and doing a fancy little step and repeat. As it was August 21, what would have been my grandmother's 92 birthday it was wonderful to think about her and her love of horses and this wonderful woman kept appearing, smiling and confident in her English saddle.
I lulled to sleep while reading the new Arch Digest about Marella Agnelli's villa. Can't get much better than that.
We then got dressed for the most formal night on the boat and had a great dinner with wonderful friends and we all got a little too sauced. We ended up on the dance floor in hysterics. Carl tried to do 'The Gator' but broke a tooth and the rest of us just twisted and turned till our drinks ran dry.
If you are curious about the boat- images below!