Sunday, September 15

Saturday we were docked in Breisach, Germany. I decided to stay on the ship today since my knee was really sore. Plus, it gave me a chance to relax, drink some lattes, and catch up on my blog posts. Don and Frankie went to Riquewihr and Barb went to Freiburg. Turns out it was the easiest walking day of all so I should have gone. Oh, well, another time.

I sat in the lounge, which was thankfully cool, and there were just a handful of guests who wandered through now and then. The staff took the time to clean and at one point, I heard someone down the crew access stairs yell at the top of his lungs, F— You!. I kind of cracked up and no one else was around to hear. So, being on a ship together for 10 months working 7 days a week, with two separate 2-week vacations can get on your nerves.

The others got back a little before 1:00 and we all met up for lunch. The ship took off for Basel as we were eating. Then Don, Frankie, and I went to the front deck of the ship with our wine and watched the banks of the river go by.

During the cruise, we have gone through many locks, most of which have been at night. Today, however, we went through a huge one as we sat on the deck, so I finally got some pictures.

It got pretty warm so I went back to my cabin to pack my stuff as we had to have our bags out by 8:00 am in the morning and vacate the room by 9:00. More guests were coming aboard that afternoon and all the rooms had to be cleaned and made up again.

Back in the lounge later that afternoon for disembarkation information and more goodbyes, then to dinner.

Dinner was an appetizer of lemon pepper crust salmon, teriyaki sauce, and vegetable salad.

Next was beef consommé, noodles, celery, tomatoes.

Then the main course of red wine braised beef short rib, spinach, grilled zucchini, cherry tomato, and creamy polenta. It was probably my least favorite of all the meals. The short rib was a bit dry and maybe I was just gourmet cooked out.

Dessert was warm almond pudding, caramel sauce, mango coulis and salted caramel ice cream.

After a quick stop in the lounge, I went to bed.