Hi, Everyone!
The past two days we’ve continued cruising on the Main river. “Main” comes from a Celtic word meaning “snake”, because the river curves around so much.
Yesterday, Grandma and Grandpa took me on a walk in Wuerzburg in the morning. We went to the “new” residence of the prince-bishops, built in the 1700s. I couldn’t go in Grandma’s backpack because backpacks aren’t allowed inside (neither are photos, but you can see what I saw at http://www.residenz-wuerzburg.de/englisch/virtual/index.htm. ) So I went in my new Amacello tote bag, which is also my new sleeping bag. Grandma was able to take my picture in the residence gardens.
Then we walked to Wuerzburg cathedral and on past to the old bridge. This bridge is even older than the one in Prague and has the same kind of statues on it. Here I am with St. Jan Nepomuk, who lived in Prague, but is now the patron saint of all bridges in Europe. A statue of St. Nepomuk on a bridge is supposed to keep the bridge from falling down. On the way back to the ship, I made friends with a big lion who seemed very sad. I was a good helper and cheered him up!
In the afternoon, we took a bus to another very old city, Rothenburg ob der Tauber. This city still has the original wall standing all around it. You have to go through a gate to get in, and you can walk around the city on top of the wall. The stairs are steep and narrow, so Grandma helped me after I climbed the first few steps by myself. Our guide, Victoria, was very friendly, and I made some other new friends, too.
Today, it’s been raining, so we stayed on the ship this morning and I worked on my blog. I also climbed the steps to the ship’s lounge, so I could see what food was there. There’s always something good to eat on the MS Amacello, and these steps are much easier for a little lion than the city wall steps in Rothenberg. We did take a short walk in Freudenberg to a bridge so we could get all of the MS Amacello in one picture. See how long and wide she is? Grandpa took a picture of the satellite antenna for me, so I could show you how I can blog on the internet and cruise on the river at the same time!
The last photo is from Miltenberg, where we took another guided walk in the afternoon. It’s getting hard to keep the towns from getting confused with each other, because they all have half-timbered houses and stone city walls. The well in Miltenberg is easy to remember. When the builder needed more money to finish the well, the ruler wouldn’t give it to him. So the builder finished the well, but he made the ruler’s face one of the water spouts on the fountain.
Love,
Lion-san