Who and where • Debra Knox Deiermann (left) and Barbara Gilchrist of St. Louis at the Old Town Hall on the river Regnitz in Bamberg, Germany, in mid-December 2019.
The trip • They took an Olivia Travel riverboat cruise aboard Avalon’s MS Visionary to the Christmas markets of Germany that included Frankfurt, Miltenberg, Wurzburg, Bamberg, Rothenburg ob de Tauber and Nurember and Prague, Czech Republic.
Travel tip • Wear your bulkiest clothes on the plane home to have more space in your luggage for souvenirs.