Miltenberg on the Main River

We cruised through the night on the Main River as we headed to Miltenberg, Germany.
The picture below is the river as we neared Miltenberg this morning.

You are all probably wondering what the difference is between a "berg" and a "burg" in Germany.
There is Nuremberg and Rothenburg. Well, the difference is that a berg is in a mountainous area and a burg is in an area with a castle.

We docked about 9:00 AM and the walking tour of Miltenberg started at about 10:00.
The town has 9,500 inhabitants and only 1 street. But what a long and picturesque street it is.

Of course you know that we will have some street scenes of the town.

These streets have numerous shops and outdoor cafes for coffee, wine or beer. Of course they have plenty of German desserts as well. Miltenberg is located on the Main River (pronounced Mine) between the Odenwald Forest and the scenic Spessart region. I am sure you all know exactly where it is now.
I think we need a couple of more street scenes.

From the Main Bridge you can see the panorama of the town as shown in the picture below.

I feel a little remiss that I have not (as far as I can remember) told you much about our ship.

The ship is called the Impression and was built in 2014. It is 443 feet long and 39 feet wide. This is the largest a ship can be to cruise the river owing to the size of the locks and the height of the bridges.
When we go through some of the locks we have literally, 1 foot on each side.
We have 83 staterooms and 47 crew members.

The ship has all the amenities you would look for including a sky lounge, 2nd lounge, whirlpool, hair salon, laundry service and a deck game area. It also has (for some of the fitness nuts) a gym.

We really lucked out on this cruise, as a group of about 50 people cancelled out at the last minute. That means we have 89 passengers and 47 crew members. We are really getting the royal treatment. Also the Avalon Impression is fully booked for the rest of the summer. Talk about good fortune.

A couple of pictures of the lounge area of the ship.

It is hard get a picture of such a long ship, but we did. Here it is.

All that being said what do you think the word of the day is? You are correct. It is "Impression"

Our onboard entertainment for the afternoon was Tomy Temerson.
Tomy Temerson is a zither player. He is one of only 5 professional zither players in the world.
For you non musical folks, a zither is a stringed instrument and Tomy's zither has 42 strings.

Here we are having a wonderful time in the lounge after another amazing dinner. Joe is either in the washroom or taking the picture.

The evening concluded with a hilarious performance by the crew.
Songs, dances and comedy skits had us laughing all the way to bed.

Tomorrow its off to Rudesheim, Germany and later the Romantic Rhine Gorge.