Sometime during the night my Viking River cruise ship left the castles of the Middle Rhine behind and turned left onto the Main River. Just east of Frankfurt we crossed over into Bavaria, an area of Germany that most associate with snow-capped alps, giant mugs of beer, alpine meadows, and Lederhosen. I was quickly disavowed … Read more
Once an important market town on the Main River in the Lower Franconia area of Bavaria, today Miltenberg Germany is best known for its half-timbered houses. One of the many magnificent sites seen during my Grand European Tour with Viking River Cruises.
In the MittelRhein area of Germany, the hilltop Gutenfels Castle overlooks Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, perched on a rock in the middle of the Rhine River. One of the many magnificent sites seen during my Grand European Tour with Viking River Cruises.
The area of Germany known as MittelRhein is littered with old castles like this one, Ehrenfels Castle, located between Rudesheim and Assmannshausen on the Rhine River. One of the many magnificent sites seen during my Grand European Tour with Viking River Cruises.
I threw open the drapes of my stateroom and gasped. Gone were the gray skies of Amsterdam and Cologne. Brilliant sunshine promised a perfect day of sailing through the Middle Rhine Valley, a fairy tale landscape of glittering green hillsides, where near-vertical vineyards tumbled down toward the emerald river. Since prehistoric times, the Rhine has … Read more
