Tricia’s Travelogue

Viking continued to impress us with their efficient service combined with flexibility for departing guests. While we had to vacate our staterooms by 8:00 a.m., we could remain on the ship until later in the day. We knew we couldn't get into our hotel early in the morning, so we elected to stay on board for a little while. After leaving our bags outside our staterooms, we enjoyed our last great breakfast in the dining room, then adjourned to the lounge to wait for our taxis to the hotel.  Viking had prescheduled all the taxis (allowing us to choose a timeslot), so when ours arrived at 9:30, a staff member came into the lounge to get us. By the time we got to the taxi, our bags had been loaded into the trunk.  Just for some background, travelers that arranged their flights home through Viking were off the ship starting at 4:30 in the morning! We prefer to make our own arrangements, especially after reading that some people were taking multiple flights to get home.  Our taxis delivere

Today please enjoy this post by a guest blogger who needs no introduction, Rachel! The next day we docked in Speyer. It was VERY hot, so we limited our walking to about 10 minutes to the Technik museum, basically a museum for all things vehicular, including space vehicles and tons of planes. We practically had the place to ourselves. The very first thing we saw was an art car built by Bellaire HS students in 2000! Wild. Next, we climbed up high to tour a 777, where you could walk out on the wing! Here are the kids waving from the wing. The plane also had a slide you could ride down, but we declined. There were several children riding down over and over. The kids also toured a U-boat sub (I declined). We had a good time!