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Continued sailing along the Main river heading to Miltenberg. Had a quick walk around town and then went to a wine tasting at the Stich Winery, a family-owned winery in the next town (Burgstadt). Philip has been handed the winery management from his father. He is the 3rd generation of the family. He and his […]

We had a glorious slow start to the day with a trip along the Rhine Gorge. Vertical vineyards and castles all over the place. The little villages along the way are built very close to the water line. We docked at Rudesheim and boarded the Winzerexpress mini-train which took us through the town to Siegfried’s Mechanical

Tracey went on a tour of the Augustusburg Palace in Bruhl. Very opulent. The occupants were “prince-bishops”, both political and religious leaders. No photos allowed inside except for a couple of spaces and, honestly, no photo would do it justice! We toured through various rooms and then came to the central staircase. This staircase was

Today consisted of a canal tour of Amsterdam, the Museum district and then a coach trip to Utrecht where the boat had docked and we had our Welcome dinner with the senior staff. As became routine, we split into groups and walked a short distance to the tour boat. The Canal tour took us past

Morning was just wandering around and making sure we knew where the ship was docking. Found a Rubber Duck Store. Yes, that’s actually what it’s called and they sell …. Rubber Ducks! Lunch was at the Prince Henrik hotel pub/restaurant. The barman was lovely and the food was functional. Boarding the ship was very quick

Dan’s night-time photography excursion seemed to be pretty good and dinner was dumplings from the Sichuan Taste a block or so away. Today started with breakfast at the hotel – the usual English breakfast offerings. The waiter took pity on us and gave us traditional Dutch “Stroopwafels” so that we could say we’d had something

Left Australia at 4pm on the first leg of the journey. Flight SQ222 from Sydney to Singapore was 8 hrs 20 mins and we arrived at around 9:30pm. The trip was uneventful. At least two couples seated near us were heading to Amsterdam for the same Cruise. We flew out of Sydney and headed west

this is what happened on day 1