Virtual cruise from Mainz along the river Main

Der Goldene Delfin set off early this morning and is now at Wertheim.

LINK > Tour the local glass blowing factory in Wertheim, Germany

Thank you!
I'm off for some virtual exploration.

Der Goldene Delfin has arrived at Miltenberg.

LINK > Miltenberg

LINK > Mildenburg and Miltenberg (9 minutes 45 seconds)

Der Goldene Delfin ihas now departed from Aschaffenburg and is travelling along the river Main towards Miltenberg.

LINK > Map

Thank you.
I shall watch those.

LINK > Driving & Walking in Aschaffenburg Germany (32 minutes 5 seconds)

I have not watched it all. There are at least two walking parts and after aroud 26 minutes there are some views of the river Main, identifiable as there is a castle on the other side of the river.

LINK > Aschaffenburg

LINK > Flaggstaff Schoenbusch Aschaffenburg/ Country Music /I Need More Of You (4 minutes 30 seconds)

LINK > Schoenbusch Park, Aschaffenburg

Der Goldene Delfin has departed from Hanau and is now gently moving along the river Main on the winding route to Aschaffenburg.

LINK > Map

It might be that Der Goldene Delfin needs to go through some locks. I am not sure, but the cruise ship's Captain will know and will do what is necessary.

LINK > Navigation on the river Main

Yes please.

Shall we move on to Aschaffenburg?

Interestingly it appears that if one wishes to go from Hanau to Bremen by train, there are three possibilities,

LINK > www.rome2rio.com/map/Hanau/Bremen

The quickest is less than half the time of the slowest, yet the slowest is less than half the cost of the quickest.

I think that the quickest is by ICE train(s).

LINK > German Fairy Tale Route

LINK > Germany's Fairy Tale Route By Camper Van - Part 1: Bremen To Göttingen (18 minutes 6 seconds)

I have only watched the first few minutes thus far.

I think, but I am not certain, that the statue at the very start of the video is of little red riding hood and the wolf.

MissAdventure

So, the pied piper, maybe?
Or is that the dancing statue I've been reading about?

Or am I totally wrong on all counts?

I have just found that the pied piper is a tale from the Grimm brothers.

I had heard of the Brothers Grimm.

I have known of various stories since childhood.

But I did not know that at least some of the stories were from the Grimm collection, nor which ones.

I did not realise until now that the story of the pied piper is from the Grimm collection.

I remember from reading somewhere years ago that the story of the pied piper is a conflation of two separate things some years apart.

One of a ratcatcher and a dispute over paying him.

The second that a boy from Hamelin, when grown up became a priest, and later a bishop with land quite a long way to the east. Alas, there were not many people living there and the bishop wanted to have more people there. So he sent a representative to the town where he had grown up to invite people to move to there and have a better future. So the people who were settled in Hamelin did not go, but lots of young people did, so probably not children, more the young adults, and never returned. If I remember correctly there is something about to the present day there are surname commonalities of people in Hamelin and the other area.

I have found this.

LINK > www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/en/route/travel-stations/towns-regions/hanau

JackyB

No, the Moritz commemorated by the sculpture is Moritz by his first name. His surname was Oppenheimer.

Thank you.

Is this him?

LINK > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz_Daniel_Oppenheim

So, the pied piper, maybe?
Or is that the dancing statue I've been reading about?

Or am I totally wrong on all counts?

No, the Moritz commemorated by the sculpture is Moritz by his first name. His surname was Oppenheimer.

Could it be something related to this man?

LINK > Karl Philipp Moritz

What is this about?

LINK > Moritz und das tanzende Bild

LINK > Robert Schad

LINK > Google translate

This video features a statue near the start. You might like to stop the video at 8 seconds in to have a good look at it.

Can you work out what it is?

LINK > Walking around Hanau City Centre (19 minutes 6 seconds)

The video shows several items of public art.

What is that one? Are we going closer? Oh, we're not.

But we do later, so it works out. We get a close up look.

That was interesting about the brothers Grimm.
My favourite stories as a little girl.

Der Goldene Delfin has now left Frankfurt to travel the around fourteen miles to Hanau, at around ten miles per hour.

As we travel, here is a video about Hanau.

LINK > Destination: Hanau (6 minutes 33 seconds)

That sounds a good idea, thank you.

Yes, it is The Golden Dolphin.

Her sister ship that took us from Mannheim to Heidelberg, and which is still moored at Heidelberg at present, is The Silver Dolphin.

So we can wait a while and if others agree or nobody suggests anything more to do while we are moored at Franfurt then we can move on to Hanau.

LINK > Map