Crossing the Continental divide

 On our journey from Regensburg to Nuremburg we cross a point in Europe known as the continental divide,which means that this is the highest place in Europe where boats are transferred from one side of the mountain to the other. On waking up today we will begin to witness this marvellous piece of engineering, as we will go through 3 locks and each time dropping some 25 mtrs . And we go from going upstream to going downstream, that's enough technical jargon for one day. Before we arrive in Nuremburg we must eat ( again) this time a Sunday roast is up for grabs ,our lack of a good old fashioned Sunday roast will not be missed today. As we sink into another lock before we hit town I take a stocktake of my growing girth maybe a small serve today will help this growing problem ,,ha ha . Our arrival in to Nuremburg is a little bit early so our trip around the old German parade grounds is going to be ahead of time, the war certainly played a big part in Nuremburg and also the war crimes tribunal was held here . The coach drops us off at the old city for 2 hrs of free time, very nice indeed. Tonight we are joining the chef to test his new menu ideas for next weeks menu and also the wine selection, more torture for WADDA.

Inside one of the 25mtr locks

The top deck stripped down for the passing under lots of low bridges