In Celebration of the 50th Wedding Anniversaries of Sharon & Joe Carfora (1/6/68), friends Daniel & Carol Webster (8/24/68) and the 48th Anniversary of Santo & Jeanne Carfora (8/22/68), along with Peter & Carmela (Candy) Colling, Joe and Santo's sister, who will celebrate their 42nd Anniversary in October, we went on a Rhine River Cruise from August 21st through August 30th. Joe is class of 1962, Santo class of 1964, Peter is class of 1972 and Candy class of 1973.
Boarding Ship In Amsterdam
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Joe Enjoying Being Away and Just Relaxing
Some of the Many Windmills In Amsterdam
Sharon & Joe Cruising On The Rhine River
Enjoying Some of the Great Food
Friends of the Carfora's Carol & Dan Webster
Santo and Jeanne Carfora
Candy and Peter Colling and The Rest of the Group
Gasthaus In Cologne, Germany
Largest Cathedral in Northern Europe is in Cologne
Marksburg Castle near Koblenz, Germany
Rhine River view from Marksburg Castle
Rhine River and the town of Braubach across the River
Grapes Growing in Germany
A village in Germany
Hotel Rheinlust is in Boppard, Germany
Vinyard in Boppard, Germany (above & Below)
and more grapes
Heidelberg, Germany
We were really excited to visit the Heidelberg Tun. The world's largest wine barrel holds 58,124 gallons of wine, and has a dance floor built on top of it.
Beginning of Strasbourg France Tour. Cultural Center of Alsace Lorraine Region
These are owned apartments, or condominiums on one of the numerous canals in Strasbourg , France and owners can park their boat underneath. The modern part of Strasbourg is also home to many European Union departments and agencies. My pictures were taken in the original and old part of Strasbourg .
Strasbourg's ILL river encloses the old city and the canals
Hotel Restaurant in Strasbourg
Entrance to the WWII Museum at Colmar
Wax Figures at Colmar Museum
French WWII Cemetery at Mount Sigolsheim In the Colmar Region of France
One Wall of the United States Memorial at Colmar showing U.S. Army Unit Patches
This is the actual site where Murphy climbed onto a burning tank to use the machine gun to stave off onrushing Germans
Survived World War II but died at the age of 46 in a U.S. airplane accident!
The Black Forest Region of Germany
Disembarkation at Basel, Switzerland for our two day extension to Luzern
Welcome to Luzern
Famous Gutsch Hotel built in 1888
Lake Luzern as seen from the Gutsch Hotel
It's 5 o'clock at the Gutsch
Another view of the lake
Lake Luzern and the Alps in the background
Joe and Sharon lunching on Lake Luzern
Montana Hotel on Lake Luzern
Restaurant at the Montana Hotel with great view
Chapel Bridge on Lake Luzern
Spreuerbruecke Bridge on Lake Luzerne
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