This document provides a summary of travel along the Rhine and Danube Rivers from Amsterdam to Budapest in June 2018. Key stops included the Kinderdijk windmills in the Netherlands, Cologne Cathedral which was heavily damaged in World War II, and Marksburg Castle on the Middle Rhine. Additional highlights were the Lorelei rock formation, the bishops' residence in Würzburg, and Bamberg with its smoked beer and shifting floor patterns. The trip continued along the Main-Danube Canal, with sights in Regensburg, Passau, and the Wachau Valley before concluding in Budapest.

1. Amsterdamto
Budapest
June2018

22. Kinderdijk

26. Cologne

39. WW II Destruction

40. As seen today

42. Marksburg Castle
Braubach, GR

68. The Middle Rhine

69. Lorelei

75. Würzburg, Bavaria: Bishops’ Residence

88. Bamberg

95. Smoked Beer

98. Bamberg: New Residence 1613

102. Floor pattern changes shape when you look at it

105. Nuremberg: stadium for Nazi Rallies

107. Nuremberg Castle: Flattened by bombing in WW II; rebuilt from original stones

122. Sailing the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal where we sailed over a highway!!

125. Regensburg, GR

127. Roman Bridge

132. St. Peters
Cathedral from
700 AD, rebuilt
after fire 1320

145. Our Viking ship, Embla, on the Main-Danube Canal

149. Locks on the Main-Danube Canal

164. Bratislava, Slovakia

167. Passau

168. Passau: historically
known for salt
trade.

174. Over history, Passau
has flooded, the
most recent was
2013. The levels are
marked on this
building.

190. Krems

201. Wachau Valley, Danube

233. Budapest

268. Photography by
Flying Three Enterprises ©2018