Thanks for the thumbs up Eugene.

Thanks Don. Since we already had two cuckoo clocks, we bought a glass domed clock. We had it shipped home and it made it fine.

Thank you very much CCPhotoist.

Thanks Earnest, I'm happy to have you along for the tour.

It's hard to beat Swiss chocolate, but I'm anxious to get to Belgium in the future to see how real Belgian chocolate compares.

Thanks John, I'm glad you enjoyed my photos of beautiful Lucerne.

Thanks nimbushopper!

Thank you CCPhotoist, I appreciate it.

Thank you Avi and I'm glad your friend was wrong.

Thank you NMGal, I'm glad you enjoyed this set.

Thanks Mark, especially coming from the master of through the tour bus window photos.

Thanks Earnest, it was a great way to spend the morning. As you will see, we also had a great afternoon in France as well. Glad to have you along.

Thanks Jim, it was a great place to visit. Exquisite is a good description of the bicycle, an amazing (and functional) piece of woodworking.

Thank you Longshadow, I appreciate it.

You're welcome Tom, I hope my photos brought back fond memories. The weather did improve, as you will see in my future posts. We did get some light rain at different points, but overall had great weather, especially in the Middle Rhine portion of the cruise. This was our first river cruise and we'll probably do a few more; we've done two ocean cruises (both two weeks) and enjoyed them a lot too. We wanted to stay longer in some places, but that's the trade-off doing a cruise where you just get a snapshot of each place. We spent a month last year driving around Italy and stayed longer in each place, typically 3 nights, which allowed us to get more of a "sense of each place." Our next couple of trips to Europe will probably be via rental car.

I just posted another set at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-806262-1.html