Scott LadewigDec 27
…and our cruise is over. Had a great time and very much enjoyed our time on the Rhine on Viva Moments. Now waiting in the lounge for our taxi to the train station and then our train to Frankfurt. We’ll overnight there and fly home tomorrow morning. #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises #VivaMoments
Scott LadewigDec 26
Our last night on Viva Moments and the first song out of the gate at “Disco Night” is Boney M’s “Daddy Cool”. A+ #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises #VivaMoments
Scott LadewigDec 25
We saw an ambulance meet a riverboat this morning in Rüdesheim on Rhein, and now we're making an unplanned stop at Oberwesel for a medical emergency onboard. #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises #VivaMoments
Scott LadewigDec 25
Merry Christmas from Germany! We're just arriving at Rüdesheim after spending the night at Mainz. This afternoon we sail on to Koblenz. #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises #VivaMoments
Scott LadewigDec 24
I haven't been to Mass, let alone a Christmas Mass, in decades, but if you're in Mainz on Christmas Eve, it seems like going to the Cathedral is as good a time as any to go. #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises #VivaMoments #mainz
Scott LadewigDec 23
Bonjour! We're in France today. Specifically Strasbourg. #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises #Strasbourg
Show threadScott LadewigDec 22
The museum also has a Soviet Buran shuttle. It is OK-GLI which was used for glide testing and atmospheric flight for landing after reentry. This model included jet engines so that it could take off under its own power. I never thought I'd see one in person. #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises
Show threadScott LadewigDec 22
After the Cathedral, we ate at the Christmas Market that runs the length of Maximilianstraße from Cathedral to the Old Gate. We had a Langos, half-meter bratwurst (they double it up on the roll), and two Glühwein (one blueberry, one cherry). #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises #speyer
Scott LadewigDec 22
We were in Speyer today and elected to stay in town rather than go on the offered Heidelberg tour. The Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site (like Köln and Aachen) and has 1000+ years of history and a crypt full of emperors and kings. #ChristmasInGermany25 #VivaCruises #speyer
Scott LadewigDec 22
Yesterday our cruise stopped in Boppard, the city where I studied German at a Goethe-Institut in 1987. It was neat to be back, but a bit strange. After 38 years things change (new train station, Goethe-Institut closed) and memory gets fuzzy. 1/3 #ChristmasInGermany25 #Boppard #VivaCruises