Day 3 Europe tour

The journey continues with a morning cruise along the rhine river. With the camera shutters going nonstop we pass through beautiful German village after another with classic churches, houses and castles perched on top of the cliffs- each with a different story dating back to the crusades and Romans. A lot of the castles were destroyed in the second world war although they were meant to be protected. Hitler actually built fake castles to hide his activities and for protection. See fake castles in front of a railway tunnel!






Stopped at Heidelberg- another historic and beautiful German village. One thing that Heidelberg is famous for is the "brass monkey".rub it's hand for wealth!
Then back on the autobahn leaving Germany and into Switzerland. We are at Lucerne tonight at the foothills of the Swiss alps- heading there tomorrow.

The history of each Country goes back centuries it makes you realize just how little history we have in Australia.

All going well and the crew on the bus are all nice people (well they are nearly all aussies) and very friendly.the tour guide Patricia is young and very easy going and Carlos the Italian driver is a very cautious driver-not fantastic with the English language.

A couple of photos of the Rhine cruise and castles.

We really have fallen in love with Germany,it's beautiful little lane ways, classic historical towns, magnificent cathedrals, cobblestone footpaths, scenery, houses, flowers, history and natural beauty make it a must see on any European trip.We picked up some hand made Christmas decorations in heidleburg.
Auf wiedersehen

Greg and Leanne


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Location:Germany to Switzerland