Rare notamermaid Posted September 7, 2023 Author #676 Share Posted September 7, 2023 This coming Sunday monuments all over Germany are open again, many of them normally not accessible to the general public. It is "Tag des offenen Denkmals" and you can look up places on a map. While this is normally all in German, perhaps there is a place that you would like to explore while you happen to be there anyway. Like Regensburg. There is a café with a surprise in the inside architecture: https://www.tag-des-offenen-denkmals.de/event/cliobhf0p002ejk0gqowjvw8r While the café has of course standard opening hours, on this day information tours explain the history of the building. Go to "Denkmalkarte" at the top for more ideas. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 8, 2023 Author #677 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Pfelling gauge at 332cm. I have mentioned the Roman heritage along the Danube. One such place is Vindobona, modern day Vienna. Fun fact: Vindobona is also the name of a long-distance train that has been re-established this year. It takes you from Dresden to Vienna. But to the Romans and the Danube further East. The heritage can also be discovered in more unusual places, meaning not in the well-known cities like Vienna and Budapest. Let us look at that in another post. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 8, 2023 Author #678 Share Posted September 8, 2023 The Danube was of course a major trading route for the Romans. So you could find remains of ships, right? Yes and that is what happened earlier this year (again). Although wood has the annoying habit for archaeologists of rotting quickly, luck had it that the ground conditions where such that a boat could be excavated in Serbia. It has been unearthed in a coal mine: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ancient-roman-boat-from-empires-frontier-unearthed-in-serbian-coal-mine As the text says, this was near Kostolac, which is close to the site of the old Roman town of Viminacium, a major trading centre: http://viminacium.org.rs/en/ This is where to find it on the map: notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsun22 Posted September 9, 2023 #679 Share Posted September 9, 2023 We’ll be on the AmaLea, Vilshofen to Budapest in late October. I know it’s a long way off, so I’ll be checking back regularly for updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 9, 2023 Author #680 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Pfelling gauge at 313cm. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 10, 2023 Author #681 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Pfelling gauge at 309cm. Another very sunny day. River loosing water in this heat. Forecast and actual figures identical this morning. Drop below 300cm likely for tomorrow. Dreaded 290cm not in the forecast yet. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisi Posted September 10, 2023 #682 Share Posted September 10, 2023 We leave for Budapest Saturday...board on the 19th. Hoping we have decent levels, but if not, we'll get a tour of the countries we didn't expect! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 10, 2023 Author #683 Share Posted September 10, 2023 8 hours ago, Daisi said: We leave for Budapest Saturday...board on the 19th. So it is finally here. What a wait you have had to endure. I am sure it will be splendid. Budapest is amazing. Have a great time. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 10, 2023 Author #684 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Turn for the worse. Pfelling gauge dropped to 300cm this afternoon. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iticlaudia Posted September 11, 2023 #685 Share Posted September 11, 2023 We have been on the Riverside Mozart for the last week and decided to extend for an additional week. The weather here has been amazing and very summer like hot. Even have been able to sunbathe on the upper deck. The river is definitely very different than it was last Sunday when we first boarded. Water is much calmer without the debris that we saw at the beginning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted September 11, 2023 #686 Share Posted September 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, iticlaudia said: We have been on the Riverside Mozart for the last week and decided to extend for an additional week. The weather here has been amazing and very summer like hot. Even have been able to sunbathe on the upper deck. The river is definitely very different than it was last Sunday when we first boarded. Water is much calmer without the debris that we saw at the beginning. lucky you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izengolf Posted September 11, 2023 #687 Share Posted September 11, 2023 7 hours ago, notamermaid said: Turn for the worse. Pfelling gauge dropped to 300cm this afternoon. notamermaid I have been tracking the SS Beatrice and last night she left Passau and has almost reached Regensburg before going to Nuremberg tomorrow and starting back Wednesday evening. The captain/Uniworld must have decided he can make it back to Passau by Friday, perhaps counting on the bit of rain in the forecast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 11, 2023 Author #688 Share Posted September 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Izengolf said: The captain/Uniworld must have decided he can make it back to Passau by Friday, perhaps counting on the bit of rain in the forecast? Always an individual decision of course. The captains know the river inside out and their ships how they react to low water. I had hoped and was confident that the level would stay good for the past week, me knowing that the heat and no rain would have a very quick effect at Pfelling. Glad to be proven right but for this week I can see a potentially wobbly situation. Pfelling now at 295cm. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 12, 2023 Author #689 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Pfelling gauge now showing 289cm. As Izengolf has mentioned rain is forecast. Today may be the last day of summer heat. Clouds are sweeping in from the Southwest (Vosges mountains/French-Swiss border) going Northeast. It is raining in the North of Germany. notamermaid 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisi Posted September 12, 2023 #690 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Sorry for anyone out on the rivers today, but as Amanda Marshall sang... Let it rain...oh let it rain. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 12, 2023 Author #691 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Pfelling at 288cm. A tiny bit of a cliffhanger as to what will happen during the night. Further drop or not? Radar image: Pretty heavy with us in the Middle Rhine valley right now. notamermaid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted September 13, 2023 #692 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Pretty dark clouds when I just left Munich by train and it started to rain. There are warnings for severe thunderstorms for today in the Alps and pre Alps region. steamboats 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 13, 2023 Author #693 Share Posted September 13, 2023 4 hours ago, steamboats said: Pretty dark clouds when I just left Munich by train and it started to rain. There are warnings for severe thunderstorms for today in the Alps and pre Alps region. steamboats Rain with us was really heavy, hail hit Worms very hard. Stay safe. Pfelling gauge has dropped to 274cm. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted September 13, 2023 #694 Share Posted September 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, notamermaid said: Rain with us was really heavy, hail hit Worms very hard. Weather is looking pretty good here in Saarbrücken 😉 right now. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 13, 2023 Author #695 Share Posted September 13, 2023 1 hour ago, steamboats said: Weather is looking pretty good here in Saarbrücken 😉 right now. steamboats Aahh, Saarbrücken. All calm there now. Nice place. Checking out the river cruise dock, if I may ask? The city is the base of the agent (which cannot be named) for CroisiEurope. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kristelle Posted September 13, 2023 #696 Share Posted September 13, 2023 On 9/11/2023 at 8:12 AM, Izengolf said: I have been tracking the SS Beatrice and last night she left Passau and has almost reached Regensburg before going to Nuremberg tomorrow and starting back Wednesday evening. The captain/Uniworld must have decided he can make it back to Passau by Friday, perhaps counting on the bit of rain in the forecast? We were docked next to SS Beatrice in Nuremburg today. ( Tues) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 13, 2023 Author #697 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Pfelling gauge at 283cm, forecast suggests 290cm for tomorrow evening .The trend is definitely going in the right direction. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted September 14, 2023 #698 Share Posted September 14, 2023 18 hours ago, notamermaid said: Aahh, Saarbrücken. All calm there now. Nice place. Checking out the river cruise dock, if I may ask? The city is the base of the agent (which cannot be named) for CroisiEurope. I have stopped by the Saar river yesterday briefly but no river cruise ship in town. I will have a longer walk along the Saar river tonight (on my way to dinner). But Saarbrücken is a pretty rare stop for river cruise ships. I saw two river cruise ships in Mannheim when the train crossed the bridge. steamboats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izengolf Posted September 14, 2023 #699 Share Posted September 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Kristelle said: We were docked next to SS Beatrice in Nuremburg today. ( Tues) Thank you Kristelle! Are you on the Scenic Jewel headed to Budapest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kristelle Posted September 14, 2023 #700 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Yes we are! I have a thread describing my travels - Amsterdam to Budapest on Scenic Jewel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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