Danube River Cruise - 5/3/14

Nice night's sleep. I am up at 6:00. Showered and up to the lounge deck for coffee. Deb and I meet for breakfast in the dining room at 8:00, before leaving for the Nuremberg medieval tour at 9:30.

The tour was led by a woman from Saginaw, MI, who has married a German citizen and now lives in Nuremberg. She graduated with a degree in European History and was the smoothest and most knowledgable tour guide I have ever heard.  The City of Nuremberg was a major industrial power in the medieval era (1050 - 1550) and was a walled city of approximately 40,000 people.  The original walls are mostly still intact and the castle hill was very well defended.  We walked for an hour and one-half, covered a lot of ground, and returned to the ship at 12:15.  We departed port at precisely 12:30, being the first in a line of seven cruise ships to take off, and therefore the first to begin the series of locks leading to the continental divide. It was an enjoyable day of cruising, capped by a decent, but non-memorable meal. 

We were back in cabin by 9:30, I to sleep, and Deb to read, although she may have stayed up a little late.  We sailed all night, docking in Regensburg, DE on Sunday morning at 6:30 AM.