There was a question about how flexible Viking is with passengers doing things not as part of their planned excursions. I’m not sure yet as today will be the first day we decide to wander close to the ship this morning because we have the afternoon excursion booked.

Anyway, yesterday was a walking tour of Regensburg. The “barbarian” Germanic tribes were across the river as the Romans pushed their northern border and built a large fortress 2,000 years ago. Housing a 6,000 strong legion with all the support needed, shops, etc., were also established outside the gates. After the fall of the Empire different events occurred, but because of the importance of the Danube, Regensburg became a prosperous city in the Middle Ages. In carefully walking the cobblestone streets – some narrow alleys – you see and hear history of buildings and events taking place in them before Columbus even came to America.

The tour wasn’t far from the ship and so after it ended, we wandered and went back to some spots Hubby wanted to get better photos of. There was a museum of Bavaria (that’s the state we are in) and a cafe with it. We had lunch; a local sausage and the wonderful German potato salad for me and a schnitzel and fries for Hugh. I am sticking with wine and saving my beer allowance for later today. Hubby is of course doing the local beer. We went through the museum which was well done and then I needed a nap. Apparently my body wasn’t as ready to readjust as I thought. or perhaps three hours of mostly walking was a bit more tiring than I expected.

We had dinner with one of the couples we’d dined with the first night – they settled in Auburn after retirement. Hubby did the Regional specialty again, but it started with a salad including beef tartare and that wasn’t happening for me. His roast pork was good, but my grilled halibut was lovely, too. I will try to only share a dessert tonight – the apple tart was too much to pass up and I’m not sure exactly what Hubby’s was – some kind of cake, I think.

Oh, we set off to new destination around 5:30 last night and it was pleasant sitting on the veranda with a mug of tea.