Virtual cruise from Mainz along the river Main

MissAdventure

Lovely, thank you!
I didn't understand it but that didn't matter at all.

I didn't understand the German either.

I have picked up a little German over the years, mostly from watching German volksmusik on television in the 1990s and early 2000s and more recently on YouTube videos.

It quite strange really. I understand something, then the next bit I don't and so on. Sometimes I get an idea of the possible meaning from a few words that I know.

For example, in the video of the Rhine journey that I posted yesterday, starting from

LINK www.youtube.com/watch?v=gooHjUvXV_A&t=90s

I understand the first sentence, but then I don't understand.

> Ahoy, and a cordial welcome dear viewer to the Rhine.

However, I can sing this song and understand its meaning, as I looked it up, and learned it.

LINK > www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g6bQ6Jug5I

LINK > www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpExSfX8Tmk

Here is a link where I understand some lines of the songs but not others.

LINK > www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtmc3GkmVu8

And here is one from earlier in this virtual cruise - I looked up the meaning.

LINK > www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMHBkgDNl4g

Every year Miss A for about 35 years! The river here Main loop or Mainschliefe is worth travelling on from Volkach ( I know we’re not quite there yet) it is central for journeys to Switzerland or northern Germany…….beautiful towns and villages, good food and lovely apfelschorle for those who don’t drink!

Thank you for the cerebral exercise Maw, but I won’t expose my German to a fluent speaker! I had to look up Erfrischung !
Vielen Danke für die Antwort.

Ah, I don't drink, but it sounded pretty tempting, even to me.
Were you a regular visitor then?

MissA I have a loyalty card at the wine cooperative in Kitzingen and our car’s boot always came home with a lot of glass! It is hard ( and expensive) to find in UK as the Germans keep it to themselves ?

That is beautiful!
What a marvellous picture.

Hope you are all raising a glass of FRANKEN wine which comes in bocksbeutel ( like Mateus bottles) www.vogue.com/article/franconia-germany-wine-region-travel-guide
Delicious dry wine and Kitzingen has wonderful bottles!

Lovely, thank you!
I didn't understand it but that didn't matter at all.

StarDreamer

Here we are in Kitzingen.

LINK > Kitzingen

LINK > Ein Besuch in Kitzingen A visit to Kitzingen (19 minutes 57 seconds)

The commentary in the video is in German. Even if one does not understand German the video is, in my opinion, well worth watching.

Thank you.

Ja, Bellanonna, das kleine Video hat mir eigentlich auch viel Freude gemacht, etwas auf Deutsch anzuschaen. Aber daß der arme Mensch keine Erfrischung am Bahnhof finden konnte , das tat mir wirklich leid .

I’m not a contributor to this interesting thread but I did enjoy the tour of Kitzingen and understood a fair amount of the commentary, which surprised me. I then Wiki’d Kitzingen and it has an interesting history. Named after a shepherd boy apparently.

I will watch some other links both out of interest and to help with my German. Thanks for putting them up.

Here we are in Kitzingen.

LINK > Kitzingen

LINK > Ein Besuch in Kitzingen A visit to Kitzingen (19 minutes 57 seconds)

The commentary in the video is in German. Even if one does not understand German the video is, in my opinion, well worth watching.

Thank you.
Going to watch it now.

silverlining48

You are some distance from the sea MissA.
Hope you are ok ? and able to enjoy the river cruise ?.
My vote is always the middle Rhine. It’s really quite stunning.

silverlining48 wrote My vote is always the middle Rhine. It’s really quite stunning.

I hope you enjoy this linked video. Music, singing, pictures and talk, along the route from Bingen am Rhein to Cologne.

LINK > Kein Schöner Land - Warum ist es am Rhein so schön (42 minutes 20 seconds))

MissA Glad you are back. Always helps to have a knowledgeable guide on these trips. Enjoy the peace and beauty.

Thank you.
(I leave all the planning to stardreamer, he kindly includes places of interest)

I'm ok thanks. Well, better today than the last few, at least.

You are some distance from the sea MissA.
Hope you are ok ? and able to enjoy the river cruise ?.
My vote is always the middle Rhine. It’s really quite stunning.

I'm all at sea now.
Will catch up, though.

Sorry, not been ignoring this thread, I just havent been online.

Thank you, Prentice.

Having returned to Würzburg on Der weiße Schwan from our overland trip to Ochsenfurt, we are aboard Der Goldene Delfin as she proceeds along the river Main.

Soon we will pass Ochsenfurt and then proceed along the river Main to Kitzingen.

LINK > Map

This is a very nice and interesting thread StarDreamer I have enjoyed the links very much.I can’t have a holiday this year so this virtual one is just what I needed.

Der weiße Schwan has arrived in Ochsenfurt.

LINK > Walking in Ochsenfurt (2 minutes 24 seconds)

LINK > Altstadt Cafe in Ochsenfurt (1 minute 14 seconds)

We are getting onto Der weiße Schwan and we are travelling overland from Würzburg,to Ochsenfurt.

LINK > A map showing the planned route of Der weiße Schwan

LINK > Ochsenfurt

This morning we are travelling on Der weiße Schwan overland to return to Der Goldene Delfin, which is moored at Würzburg.

Der Goldene Delfin will remain moored at Würzburg, as, after a while aboard, we are due to travel overland on Der weiße Schwan to visit Ochsenfurt.

LINK > Christmas Market in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany - December 2018 (10 minuted 31 seconds)

The speeded-up part is just at the start and for a very short part near the end.

LINK > 20 Best Things to do in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany