The Bavarian Countryside - Cats and Cows and Bots

Following our morning tour of the city, we elected to purchase an optional tour, at way too dear a price, I'm sure. This was the Bavarian Farm and Countryside. All I can say about this tour is that they way oversold the value of this very long bus ride with stop at a modern dairy farm. Now, doesn't this picture below just beckon you to frolic among the hills and caper about the cattle singing something from an Oompa Band? Yet, this was not our destination.

I'd love to show a photo for comparison, but I actually think we did not snap a single pic there, just not much photo story to tell. The highlights were the robots who milk the cows, the barn cat who liked to be cuddled, and the tiny samples of cheese we received at the end of the tour. Then it was back on the bus and to our ship. The countryside was rather pretty though, so there's that. 

And that's about all I can say about this excursion. 

We headed back to our ship and enjoyed an "Enrichment Lecture" about the Danube River. Yep, once again, I was the nerd taking notes. This was followed by the bittersweet "Captain's Farewell Cocktail Party". The next day we were to depart the Tor for our next adventure: Prague. 

But I have a few more things to say before we get to Prague...