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Saturday 9 August, lunch and beyond What a relief to get into the air con of the bus for the maybe 20 min ride back to the dock. Had to pull the curtains a bit to try to stop the sun beating in - one of these days (Thu or Fri maybe) I was silly and turned off the air con in our room while we...

Saturday 9 August, Strasbourg Time to pop into France! Another industrial dock and bus ride into town. Duckies! Fountain on the edge of the old town, with a slightly different view on each side. It looks old, but it's relatively new (no more than 20-30 years old) Our guide took us into...

Fri 8 August, Chain de Rotisseurs dinner cont. On this night, I had the full suggested meal, as suggested. After dinner, in our room we found another exciting gift! Three skeins of hand-dyed yarn; one from Skein Sisters in Sydney, one from Cabin Boys in Ontario (they dye with...

Friday 8 August, more Heidelberg One of the constructions for the English princess The bus took us down to the town and we had 45-60 mins free to explore. It was quite warm and the town was full of tourists. I wandered around, stopping at a Starbucks for a drink, dry cake from the cabinet and...

Fri 8 August - Heidelberg/Speyer (Now that this TR is almost over, should I make the photos larger or keep sizing them down????) I wasn't in the QF FLounge, but decided to try the Eggs Benny. I enjoyed them, but the muffins were barely toasted. :/ Probably the worst picture of a kilometre...

Thurs 7 August Dinner und Kaffee Ach du lieber, endlich Wienerschnitzel or as they wrote, "Schnitzel Viennese Style" :D And we're in Rheingau, so some wines from the winery/cellar that we visited today. For a change, I started with the Rancher salad Then of course the Wienerschnitzel and...

Thurs 7 August lunch and so on Our shopping time in the Popup Stores was limited, I think Friday was their last day of trade. I wandered by again to squish the pretty yarns. I really liked this shirt sample, but the variegated blue yarn was all sold out - can't delay around all these North...

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Thursday 7 August I woke and peeked out the window at just the right time; we were passing Koblenz and Deutsches Eck (German corner). This is where the Rhine and Moselle meet. I stopped by here with some friends in early 1998 on our way home from Luxembourg for the weekend. So of course...

Wednesday 6 August, it's 7pm, time for more food! 7pm, time for more food. Some people stayed in Cologne to try to have local food for dinner (wurst and schnitzel) I had the Beef Tataki, Rheinischer Sauerbraten and Salty Caramel for dessert. Towards the end of the cruise, Mumma Katie said...

Wednesday 6 August Why not start with a good omelette for brekky? That morning, half of the group had a ~1.5-2hr lesson with Patty Lyons. Mumma Katie and I had our lesson later in the week, so we went up on the deck in front of the wheelhouse for chatting and knitting as we sailed towards...

Tuesday 5 August cont. Each night there was a devoted sip and sail hour with free (included) coughtails, wines and beer (Bitte ein Bit! on tap ;)) Here's the menu. Most nights I had a cosmo or two, if I could get my order in quickly enough with Elena. Cosmo - any recognise my notions bag...

Wednesday is on Netflix Nine Perfect Strangers is on Amazon Prime. Agree, just finished watching the last ep. Pugsley has had the teenage growth spurt! 😛 I’m currently wondering if Billie’s character was telling Enid porky pies.

We've almost finished watching Wednesday season 2. Mr Katie and I started the second season of Nine Perfect Strangers the other day, already finished 3 episodes.

Tues 5 August - Amsterdam then cruising towards Cologne At some point maybe after dinner, our boat swapped places with the one next to us, so that boat could be right at the dock for its embarkation on Tuesday. We woke up on the water in Amsterdam and there was a canal cruise on offer as the...

Monday 4 August - here's the first cruise food post! Oh holy moly cannoli, I was not expecting this much food! Thank goodness portion sizes were European, and also you can order as few courses as you choose!! On the first night, we took a little while to get down to the restaurant, and ended...

Monday 4 August still ... Oops, after lunch, we wandered, stopped for a mimosa (and free wee, well, for the price of a mimosa) and went back to Stephen and Penelope! I'm sure it's a rule that knitters MUST go to Stephen and Penelope every day while they're in Amsterdam. On our way, we...

Monday 4 August, cont. L plate tram driver - wonder if they have to do 100 supervised hours like kids in Queensland?? :p After checking out of the DT and leaving our luggage with the bell desk, we made our way to the Beursplein for a walking tour, boked through what appears to be a Spanish...

Oops, some signs of life from Mr Katie and his mate on Saturday night. Coffee after MKM (Mr Katie's Mate) arriving on the Eurostar to BRU and getting their hire car: We did the Anzac day dawn service at Villers-Bretonneux with MKM in 2018, but it was a quick trip for him and he didn't make it...

Monday 4 August - EMBARKATION DAY! The day we've been waiting two years for!! 😍 Last Doubletree breakfast, and some pics of the great spread Order card for Silvers for omelettes, eggs or pancakes And I'm sure I missed a few things. A really great range of hot, cold, local, western...