A day on the canal..

Today we left the ship at dock to ride via bus to Nurenburg. Driving around the castle walls, we saw the three phases of the city's early development and walls. Some had been repaired as the city was heavily bombed during WWII. The castle was old timber style and small. Then to the market square for a bit of shopping, an gilded fountain and a couple of churches. It was chilly and damp so George and I ended up in a bakery for coffee to warm up.

The bus then drove us quite a way to rejoin the ship which had moved to the canal. This is the Main-Danube canal which connects the two rivers and traverses the continental divide. There are many locks along the way to accomplish this.

It poured rain off and on as we sailed along the narrow canal interspersed with locks along the way. Some were quite deep. Menz's and us played a version of hand and foot using only three decks of cards which was all we could find. We drank tea, some Czech liquor (yikes) and whiled the afternoon away. The locks were interesting the first two times.
It was too chilly to sit on the top deck but interesting to see the awnings and rails laying flat and low to go u dear the bridges. Even the pilot house can be lowered for more clearance.
At dinner we sat with a new couple from Toronto. She turned out to be a drummer and he sings professionally. They had met a crew from last night who insisted he sing after dinner. We enjoyed it all.....