Monday 21 May 2018, The Elbe and Bad Schandau, Germany

Cruising along the Elbe River in Saxony, Germany

Today we sailed along the Elbe River from the Czech Republic into Germany, arriving at Bad Schandau, just below the Bastei Rock Formation in the Sandstone Mountains. We hiked to the Bastei, and here is our view of the Elbe. The name Elbe means "white and shining". Nearly 800 km north is Hamburg and Cuxhaven, where the Elbe flows into the North Sea, and where we will end our trip in about a month.

View of the Elbe from the Bastei, a fort above Bad Schandau, Germany

View from The Bastei

Climbers at the Bastei

Picnickers along the Elbe

Cruising on the Elbe, under the Bastei