Trip Day 15 - Regensburg

Thursday November 28

Even though we didn’t start until 9:30 am with the walking tour with a local guide, time had gone fast because of all the things one has to do.  

Yes, we can’t let the crew down who always worked so hard to prepare food for us. It's open seating for every meal and we get to chat and know people from all across the USA. Everybody is so nice and of course with some people you have an instant connection. 

Our favorite stops with the ship are the ones where we can take walks anytime, where we are close to things to see.

The Stonebridge is a landmark to find our way back. Our guide is a nice young student and he is excellent with his knowledge about the town. Here is a selection of the photos I took in a hurry.

Cars in the inner cities are usually restricted and walking in the streets is fun. Love the decorations over the streets.

We didn't go into this church during the tour but in our free time James and I went into it later.

The guided tour ended at the Christmas Market. Soon we found out that the stalls here just took cash. I realized that I didn't bring cash, only card.

Note: Regensburg seems to be the only town on this trip were the stands have their own Glühwein cup and you needed to bring it back to the stand you bought it.

We had some nibbles at the market but found lunch had just started at the ship. Our waiter offered this (German) wine and enjoyed discribing it to us. And yes, it was quite nice.

At 2 pm an Educator came on board to discuss "German Education System". At the same time the trip leaders took those who wanted to the Thurn & Taxis Christmas Market. This was the only one on the trip where you had to pay an entry fee. James and I preferred to relax and play our card game. 

Port Talk and dinner were a bit earlier this day because at 7:30 pm we all walked to St. Cecilia Church which was not very far. Actualy it was a nice walk. Was this once a door into the city?

St. Cecilia!

Here we were treated to a concert by the Domspatzen Choir Concert. The concert was arranged by our travel company just for us. 

The "Regensburger Domspatzen" are very famous and probably the oldest boy's choir in the world. It was founded in 975AD. 

The concert, a bit more than an hour, was a wonderful treat and we walked back to the ship with a spring in our steps.

The walk to and from the church was really good for us. We try but are not always successful to get enough steps. This day I managed to get 14,206 steps. Fitbit thinks that it is 6.09 miles. Not bad, not bad.

Night, night.