Visiting Regensburg While on a River Cruise While on my recent Romantic Danube river cruise on Viking Atla with Viking River Cruises, I had a chance to visit several new cities including Regensburg, Germany. The second I stepped off the ship, I knew I was somewhere special. I felt like we arrived at a fairytale… Read More
After taking the train from Nuremberg to Erlangen, the time had come to make my way onto Viking Atla for my first river cruise. We made our way to the red awning of the Viking Atla docked at Am Hafen 17 in Erlangen and from there the crew quickly took our bags and escorted us… Read More
In my last post, I covered in photos the process of taking the train from Nuremberg, Germany to Erlangen to board Viking Atla for my Romantic Danube river cruise with Viking River Cruises. The train ride took only about 15-20 minutes with one stop in Furth (Bay). Here’s a quick video I took from inside the… Read More
During our amazing lunch at Heilig-Geist-Spital, I admit that Karla and I lost track of time chatting. When we realized it was after three o’clock, we knew we needed to get a move on to catch the train Erlangen for our river cruise with Viking River Cruises. Completely motivated so as to not miss the ship, we had to trek… Read More
On my second day in Nuremberg, the sun was hot, but that wasn’t going to deter us from exploring the city. Our goal was to grab lunch and then take the train to Erlangen to board our Viking River Cruise. But first… lunch at the historic Heilig-Geist-Spital. Heilig-Geist-Spital sits on bank of the Pegnitz river and has… Read More
While in Germany you might think your only food options might be a large plate of German food accompanied by a stein of beer, but you’d be wrong. Nuremberg offers visitors to its great city the chance to sample food and beverages from all over the world. Here’s just a sample of a few of the places… Read More
While I could easily write pages about how fantastic Nuremberg is, I thought I’d rather share with you some of my favorite images instead. It was so easy to take pictures of what could be called quintessential Germany so let these images of Nurember demonstrate why it’s the ideal place to visit. This is one of… Read More
If you’re jetlagged and exploring Nuremberg, what should you do first? When I arrived in Nuremberg to my hotel, I had been awake for more than 24 hours. It was unusually hot (90°F), I was overdressed, tired, hungry, and thirsty. After checking into our hotel, Hotel Drei Raben, Karla and I headed off to grab… Read More
Confession time: Waking up after less than five hours of sleep was brutal. One might say inhumane or even the equivalent of torture. Ok, perhaps I exaggerate. After a great evening in Nuremberg and then returning to Hotel Drei Raben, I had hoped to wake up in a brighter and happier mood. Granted, I had an incredible few hours… Read More
I was super ecstatic to finally be able to drop my bags off and dig into Nuremberg and all that it had to offer. My first stop was at my hotel, Hotel Drei Raben (Hotel Three Ravens), a small boutique hotel located near Nuremberg Hauptbanhof (the central train station). Located only about 300 meters from the… Read More
