Castles along the Rhine & Danube

(July 15-August 2, 2010)

Camilla & Bill will travel an exciting & exploring journey

where medieval castles perch atop craggy cliffs-enchanting

ruins that amazingly hint at the pageantry of royal life

centuries ago.

Look at this map where we begin a river journey

from Budapest, Hungary to an end of Amsterdam, Netherlands

River Explorer, deluxe river cruise ship along

the romantic "Blue Danube" that we sail 2 weeks

Stunning views of Pest:Parliament, Chain Bridge(Szechenyi Ianchid), Danube River

Fishermen's Bastion

Matthias Church(The Church of Our Lady)

Beautiful Chain Bridge(Szechenyi Ianchid) at night the first permanent bridge over the Danube, completed in 1849

Day 1

* Depart gateway for overnight flight to Budapest, Hungary:a beautiful baraque capitol

Day2

* Arrive Budapest/Embark

* Welcome briefing on board ship

* Accommodations for 14 nights on board a deluxe cruise ship

Day 3

* City tour of Budapest, visiting Fishermen's Bastion & Matthias Church(The Church of our Lady)

(extension passengers will take a tour of Szentendre, a picturesque & charming village of Hungary

* Ship departs Budapest with commentary from the ship's Bridge

* Captain's Welcome Party and Dinner

Day 4

* Morning at leisure on board

* Lecture on European Rivers

* German for Travellers lesson on board ship

* Ship arrives Vienna, Austria

* Choice of Musical Vienna tour featuring sites associated with the great classical composers who lived

in Vienna OR tour of Schonbrunn Palace

* Optional dinner with winetasting at Heurigeon Wolff

Day 5

* Morning lecture on Musical Vienna

* Panoramic city tour of Vienna including the Ringstasse & visit to the National Library

* Afternoon at leisure in Vienna with courtesy bus provided OR optional Third Man Theme Tour

* Evening classical concert

Day 6

* Ship departs Vienna in morning

* Apple strudel making demonstration

* Full day at leisure on board while sailing the scenic Danube with commentary from the ships Bridge on

the Wachau Valley

Day 7

* Ship arrives Passau, Germany

* Walking tour of Passau and viewing of St. Stephen's Cathedral & Bishops Residence

* Organ concert at the Cathedral

* Afternoon leisure

* Ship departs Passau

Day 8

* Ship arrives Regensburg, Germany

* Lecture on the Main-Danube Canal

* Morning walking tour of Regensburg

* Afternoon at leisure OR optional Weltenburg Monastery tour

* Ship departs Regendsburg

Day 9

* Ship arrives Nuremberg, Germany

* Tour of Nuremberg including visit to the World War II Documentation Center, & the former Nazi

Rallygrounds

* Lunch with local university students

* Afternoon at leisure or choice of included visit:Toy Museum or Albrecht Durer House

* Onboard lecture:"The Development of a German Town"

* Evening at leisure

* Ship departs Nuremberg

Day 10

* Ship arrives Bamberg, Germany

* Morning walking tour of Bamberg

* Ship departs Bamberg

* Afternoon at leisure on board

Day 11

* Ship arrives Wurzburg, Germany

* Lecture on European Union

* Choice:Guided tour of Wurzburg Resident & wine-tasting OR excursion to Rothenburg ob der Tauber

(a set amount of Euros will be provided by your Program Manager for lunch at a restaurant of your

choice)

* Ship departs Wurzburg

Day 12

* Morning at leisure on board with scenic cruising on Main River

* Glassblowing demonstration on board

* Ship arrives Wertheim, Germany

* Walking tour of Wertheim

* Home-hosted visit for cake & coffee

* Ship departs Wertheim

Day 13

* Ship arrives Aschaffenburg, Germany

* Full-day excursion by motorcoach to Heidelberg, with a guided tour of Heidelberg Castle. Included

lunch at a restaurant in Heidelburg. Ship departs Aschaffenburg & return to Frankfurt, Germany.

Excursion returns to ship in Frankfurt OR Panoramic City Tour of Frankfurt

Day 14

* Ship departs Frankfurt

* Ship arrives Rudesheim, Germany

* Your choice of included tours:gondola ride to the Niederwald monument OR visit to Siegfrieds

Musikkabinett museum of mechanical musical instruments

* Ship departs Rudesheim

* Scenic sailing past the cliffs and castles of the romantic Rhine with commentary from the Bridge on the

Legend of the Lorelei

* Captains Farewell Party & Dinner

* Ship arrives Cologne, Germany

Day 15

* Tour of Cologne with visit to the Roman-Germanic Museum

* Ship departs Cologne

* Afternoon at leisure on board

Day 16

* Ship arrives Amsterdam, Netherlands

* City tour of Amsterdam, including a visit to the Rijksmuseum & visit to one of Amsterdam's oldest

diamond-cutting workshops

* Afternoon at leisure OR Optional Canal Cruise

* Check in to the hotel

* Evening at leisure, dinner on own

* Accommodations for 2 nights

Day 17

* Buffet breakfast at the hotel

* Day at leisure or optional excursions to Zaanse Schans & Edam & Aalsmerr Flower Market

* Farewell Dinner at hotel

Day 18

* Buffet breakfast at the hotel

* Motorcoach transfer to the airport for return flight

Amsterdam's oldest diamond-cutting workshops

"A City of Jewels"

Rijksmuseum-a Dutch National Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Zaane Schans-a small village on the banks of the Zaan River,

complete with tidy greenhouses, real working windmills, & small

topical museums such as the Clock museum & the first Albart Heijn store

Windmills

Hope you will enjoy reading day by day itinerary we are traveling...
Pray for our safe journey.

Edisto Beach Vacation

Last Part

Beautiful Sunrise over Atlantic Ocean @6:20 am

Mawmaw animated the seashell as she showed LE that

she talked on the phone. He DID. Very cute!



Sadly, LE was leaving the Edisto Beach on his last day of
the week...

Fascinating artistic driftwood
(Chris took the photo of it)

Amanda posed as a model

The waves were really high and wild. They crashed

the rocks & pier where Amanda posed.

She got wet unexpectedly. Camilla should have

shot every photo of her actions, but she

was shocked and looked at her action...

Very funny! Poor Amanda was soaked...

Perfect Full Moon during our stay

We sadly left the beach sand road in

the morning, but we had many, many good

memories...

Hope we will do a beach vacation somewhere AGAIN!

Edisto Beach Vacation

Part 6

Camilla found a beautiful turtle shell in the inlet.

The odor was stinky...

Beautiful Mother Nature(Lightning)

at evening...

We had been around the quiet beach and swimming the

beach and inlet. Hunted the shells, biked along

the beach & around the EB neighbor, played Scrabble, watched

the movies, & the more. Camilla cooked Pork Loin, Broccoli

Casserole, Marinated Carrots, Beets Wednesday

and made Cherry Cream Cheese Cake Pie.

Amanda made delicious Hot Crab Dip and Blue Hawaii

Mixer for an appetizer. YUMMMMY! : )

Chris grilled Kabobs(chicken & shrimps). Had garden green

& fried rice Thursday. We all were full, but enjoyed

eating, eating, & eating...