Bali Bound

Wow, did I end up with a lot of pictures.  Most of them are random shots from the bus windows that now all look very similar...  But here are some more real shots.  I do also have plans to continue with the rest of the locations, it's just time consuming so I'm going slowly. Interior of the cathedral in Cologne Exterior of cathedral, they were doing some work and the bottom left corner is what the church would look like if they cleaned the stone all the time.  But then they would be perpetually cleaning it... Farmland of Germany, I'm so used to big plots and these are all so small! Vineyards along the Rhine river, they grow vertically because the sun hits it better, yes, it is really steep Castle along the Rhine river Here I am enjoying a river cruise on the Rhine Castle in Heidelberg that the Japanese are enamored of The wonderful store signs in Rothenburg Sneeballs in Rothenburg, weren't brave enough to try as they are b...

It has been both a laid back day and a busy day. Today we hit three countries in less than eight hours. Crazy times. We started out in Germany where we were woken up to a crazy rainstorm. We did have good timing and it was finished by the time we were off. We then made our way south through Austria. What a beautiful area it is. They call it the Tyrol and it is lush and mountainous. We had a mid-morning stop in Innsbruck. We had a bit of time to spend in the old town area. Sadly, the golden roof was covered for cleaning. I'll admit this is always the risk of traveling in the off times. Many areas have been nice and quiet but it does mean that this is the time of year that maintenance is done. But there was plenty other things to see and it was a nice spot for the morning. After our morning stop we made it through brenner pass into Italy on the way to Venice!! It was quite the drive. I understand why my travel agent thought I was a little bit nuts to do London-Pari...