Wertheim Sunday 26 December 2010
We spent most of the day cruising
the Rhine, past lovely vistas.
Frank, the excellent Tour Master,
gave us a German lesson and this was followed by a glassblower. I nearly gave
that a miss, but was glad I did not. He was not only an incredible artist, but
was very amusing too. Some of his work was really beautiful and I managed to
get the last Galileo thermometer in stock as a souvenir.
There was a bit of a problem when
we got to Wertheim because our gangway wouldn't reach the bank, possibly
because the water was so high. Our sister ship Emerald was coming up behind so
she tied up and we moored to her. It all made us a bit later than planned, so
it was quite dark when we disembarked for our guided tour of the town.
It is a
pretty little place and the snowfall which came down while we were waiting to
get ashore had cleaned up the place
beautifully. There were Xmas lights everywhere and it all looked very
festive. The guide told us that the town floods on about a ten year basis -
reckon this year might well be one of the years when all this snow melts.
We ended the tour at the Catholic
Church where there was an organ and flute recital. I thought the organ was
showing it's age - like so much around here it was built ages ago - and sounded
a bit 'thin' even though it was on full throttle. It was a nice evening though
and the town looked so good as we trudged home through the snow.
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