Rhine River Cruise 2014
with Don & Liz - on the Longship Viking Gulveig
We cruised through the
ancestral lands of Kay's family.
Click the map to see the route through Floom, Wackerly,
Rothermel, Bambeck, Hornung, and Schario homelands.
- Basel, Switzerland (photo albums for Day 1 and Day 2) - we arrived a
day early, and had time to explore the city on our own before
boarding the ship the next day.
360 degree PhotoSphere
from inside the Basler Münster.
Video
(12 sec.) in the Münsterplatz, with the bell chiming.
- The Black Forest region (Schwarzwald) - photo album.
Breisach, Germany - photo album.
Panorama
of Breisach from the St. Stephansmünster
- Strasbourg, France - photo
album
360 degree PhotoSphere
from outside the Strasbourg Cathedral.
Video
(31 sec.) of sights and sounds during the Millennial
Celebration for the Cathedral’s Foundations. The Cathedral was
built on top of remnants of previous churches and cathedrals
built on the site - the first Roman cathedral began
construction in 1015. In celebration of the one thousandth
anniversary, many spiritual, musical and cultural events were
taking place between September 2014 and September 2015.
- Heidelberg, Germany - photo
album.
Panorama
from the Alte Brücke (Old Bridge).
Video
(20 sec.) of the Heiliggeistkirche (Holy Ghost Church) bells.
Rudesheim - photo album.
- Cruising the Middle Rhine for castle-viewing - photo album
Video (8 sec) passing a small village
Marksburg Castle - photo album
Koblenz - photo album
- Köln (Cologne), Germany - photo album.
Video
(22 sec.) of our Love Lock at the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge.
Video
(18 sec.) of classical music by a duo of local musicians, in the ship's lounge.
- Kinderdijk, The Netherlands - photo album
and Captain's Farewell Dinner.
Video
(7 sec.) of windmills turning.
Video
(7 sec.) of a ground sailor - see how close the sails come to the ground.
Video
(2 sec.) of windmill gears.
- Our Longship - the Viking Gullveig - photo album.
