We arrive in the capital of Belgium and the headquarters of the European Union. Be tempted by the delights of Brussels as we visit a chocolatier to see how Belgium chocolates are made! you will walk around the Grand place and be dazzled by one of Eurppe''s grandest squares.

Cross into Germany with a lunch stop in Cologne, home to the largest Gothic cathedral in the world! Then cruise along the famous Rhine River where we pass a fairy-tale landscape of mountaintop medieval castles, vineyyards and picture postcard villages. Tonight we stay in Rhine Valleu and feast on a bratwurst and beer dinner in the German Beer Hall tradition.