I am afraid my turn is coming. Ron went down during the night but Jackie and Larry are back up. Sort of. Ron stayed in bed all day so I am hoping that he will be okay in the morning. We have started to look carefully at our fellow passengers and I think at least 25% are ill, maybe more since many are walking wounded. A goodly number of crew are visibly unwell - it does not build confidence and God knows it does not bode well for those of us still okay. You have your choice of sick light - only the cold - or the real deal which is a don't-leave-your-cabin intestinal bout followed by the cold. Unprintable thought going through my head now. Even sick light can be debilitating since Larry was in his cabin an entire day. I have made up my mind that I shall be well, especially since we are attending an evening concert in Vienna in a few days, one of the few extra tours that we purchased. Wish me luck dear readers.
Today was our last in Germany in the charming city of Passau. True is was raining but not quite so cold and not quite such a downpour so we go on without complaint. This is a city in which three rivers converge - the Ilz, the Danube, and the Inn. It's a pretty place and we had a wonderful guide so we all enjoyed our walking tour. The Jewel in the Crown was the 30-minute organ rehearsal in St. Stephen's on the world's biggest cathedral organ. There are actually 5 organs located at various places inside the cathedral and only one organist. He plays them concurrently which was made possible only after the Siemans Company created a main keyboard allowing this. The organ(s) have almost 18 thousand pipes and 233 registers and do produce a mighty sound. I bought a CD of the organist playing Bach, Beethoven and other composers so we will have an impressive soundtrack on our photo DVD of our European River Cruise. I keep forgetting to mention that I post photos daily on Facebook but have not quite figured out how to include them with the blog. I shall seek some technical assistance after this trip.
Back on board for lunch and with the wet and gloom we were hard pressed to return to town, having exhausted the shopping possibilities and certainly not seeking food or drink since they are too much in abundance on the ship.
Later: We enjoyed the quietude this afternoon, especially now that I am edging toward a cold. Heavy sigh. We kept dinner light and simple on the deck. It's now time to admit that I've sunk to a new low with my wardrobe and wore my pj bottoms to dinner. Okay, okay - they look like crop pants and who noticed anyway?
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