Like nothing else

In my seventy plus years I have gotten around a little. Sometimes like this trip, by personal decision while othertimes it was for employment or to fight a war (or "conflict" to use the term of choice back then). But I have never seen anything like this.

Of course the castles and the palaces and the locks are the big ticket items that sell cruises, but the things we see along the way in between the events are as interesting. Here on the Main River we are always close to shore because the river, which gives every impression of being a canal, is so narrow. As such the geese, the swans and ducks are just outside our room.

I may have mentioned that our room is on the middle deck with the lobby and the restaurant. The high dollar rooms are above with the lounge. The nice thing about our level is that the water is just below our feet. It really gives a nice perspective of shoreline as it glides past.

Right now the bank is only about 50 feet away. That hasn't prevented other ships going in the opposite direction from passing between. The bank is relatively steep and about 3 meters (pretend I said 10 feet) above the water. In other places it has only been a foot or two higher. So the view from our floor to ceiling door/window is steely green water, verdant green vegetation and cloudy skies. Wonderful.