Arrival
Saturday May 17, 2008
(borrowed image)
Sunday May 18, 2008
Tom,
Dianne, Mary, Lou and Eric
Basel Rathaus vom Marktplatz
(photo
below by Tom Gallagher)
Protestant Reformed
Church
Tram Touring
Papermill
(photo below by Tom
Gallagher)
Monday May
19, 2008
Motor coach to
Alsatian
Renaissance Half Timber Houses
The Musée d'Unterlinden, formerly a convent, houses the 16th-century Isenheim Altarpiece,
the master work of the German religious painter Matthias Grünewald
Home/Studio Courtyard of sculptor of
Statue of
Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi City exit / plastic replica
made in
(photo below by Tom Gallagher)
Return to River Ambassador docked in
Captain's Welcome Dinner
Tuesday May 20, 2008
Canal tour of
European
Parliment
Open lofts of old tannery
Notre-Dame Cathedral
(borrowed images from post cards)
Astronomical Clock in Cathedral
Johannes Gutenberg with friends
Palais Rohan / Art
Museum
Wednesday May 21, 2008
Morning in
The Altpörtel
(Old town gate)
Kaiserdom zu
(borrowed
images from post cards)
Spanish pilgrim with friends Medieval Jewish Court
(12-13th century)
Afternoon
in
(borrowed
image)
World's largest wine barrel
Built 1592 by
Clothier / Lunch stop
In 1518 at a
meeting of the Augustinian Order in Heidelberg,
Luther set out his positions in the Heidelberg Disputation
Holy
Ghost Church
Augustinian Abbey
The Students' Prison
From 1778 until 1914, students were imprisoned here for minor transgressions
View to
Thursday May 22, 2008
(borrowed image
from post card)
Niederwalddenkmal
The monument was inaugurated on September 28,
1883, six years after the start of the construction.
The monument commemorates the union of all German tribes. The central figure is
the 12,5 m tall
Schloss Vollrads /
Wine Tasting
Passing through a lock
(photo
by Tom Gallagher)
Friday May 23, 2008
Sailing the Romantic Rhine / Castles and Vineyards
Burg Reichenstein
Burg Sooneck
Burg Pfalzgrafenstein
Lorelei Rock
(photos below by Tom Gallagher)
Burg Rheinsfels
Burg Marksburg
Afternoon tour of
Koblenz
St. Florin's Church
Deutsches Eck/German Corner Kaiser Wilhelm
Town Square
Schängel-Brunnen
You should stand three steps in front of the fountain and in
front of the figures face.
. Wait there three minutes. What then happens should bring fortune.
Check the
store name... Face under clock
rolls eyes when striking
(borrowed image from postcard)
(photo above by Tom Gallagher)
River View
Wine Celler
Kitchen tools display
Torture tools display
Saturday May 24, 2008
(borrowed
image)
moving from wine making to beer making
city hall with Roman ruin in foreground wedding party at town
hall with organ grinder
Captain's farewell
dinner
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