Viking Embla

TSH and Diva have the same cabin as before. Almost the same but the lighting system is different. Lots and lots of switches but this time without labels. And some seem to be interdependent!! The ship layout is identical to the Viking Lif.

The visit to Nuremburg was one of the best so far. Chilling visit to the Nazi rally area, followed by a guided walk around the attractive city centre. It has mostly been rebuilt since the serious bomb damage inflicted by the Allies in WW2. But, like everywhere else on this holiday so far, there is a huge amount of scaffolding and a huge amount of building work.

Before Nuremburg, Regensburg felt like freedom. No tour group. No waiting around. No monotonous guide. No earpieces. Just a stroll round a pleasant town, which is a mixture of a real town with real inhabitants and a number of tourists.

Now that the ship is in Germany, wearing of seat belts is compulsory.

The food on the Embla does not seem to be as good, but maybe that is just a bad first impression after a long tiring day. TSH did not finish his dessert at lunch time – a first for him!!

By moving ships, the opportunity to cruise the Main-Danube canal (a great feat of modern engineering) has been lost. The rest of the canal was mostly navigated by night. This has all been a great source of disappointment to Diva, who had attended a talk about the canal and really wanted to experience it.