We arrived back at the boat and headed up to the lounge for Gavin’s talk about the Danube and his port talk for tomorrow.

We are now on the Rhine-Main (pronounced Mine by Gavin) Danube Canal. It flows east to west and is 106 miles long. The construction took 32 years, connecting 15 European Countries and was completed in 1992. Over 5M tons of cargo is moved per year.

There is a total of 16 locks on the canal. In the middle of the night tonight we will pass through the continental divide which is at 1332 feet above sea level. The three locks after the continental divide and called biggies. Each one has an elevation change of 83 feet.

We will be traveling on the Main River Friday through Monday where we will pass through 35 locks.

This connection was attempted by many leaders over the course of history and was unsuccessful by virtually all attempts.

After learning all about this waterway it was time to rush to dinner to get our favorite servers. Milo escorted me arm in arm to our table this evening. We sat with Paul and Jane again.

While I was so excited for the menu, this was my least favorite dinner.

Erwin and Milo asked us our opinion on the key lime pie and we all said “meh .” Apparently this has been a consisted response since they started working on Viking in 2014 but Viking refuses to change it. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t the key lime we are used to. Maybe it’s how the Europeans eat it but they don’t even know what they are missing!

We are scheduled to pass through the last biggie at 6am so off to bed to try to sleep before that. Also we have a full day tomorrow in Nuremberg so we need to rest up.