We crossed the range of hills that always defeated previous attempts to join the Rhine to the Danube and in fact its a tributary of the Rhine called the Main that the canal starts from and the first 100 km to Nuremburg was finished in 1972 and was considered too commercial and boring so they have made an attempt on the section we used to make it more beautiful with some widened sections and variations in bank structure and putting of curves in to make it more like a natural river. We seemed to spend a lot of time in locks going up and not quite so much coming down but it was nice to be on the water and moving to our 1st destination of Regensberg. The next morning we went on a tour of this city which has some Roman remains because they had a huge garrison here to protect against the Germanic tribes and secure the Danube down to the Black Sea. Also great viewing of the Old Town Hall, the Dom of St Peter and one of the oldest stone bridges built over the Danube but unfortunately it was having a huge makeover so couldn't see much of it. In the photos notice the statue in the street of Charles the 5th's illegitimate son who became a great success leading the navy against the Turks and the smiling angel in the church which is very unusual
