HIGHLIGHTS: Rhine River cruise, picnic in the vineyards, Munich brewery tour, sausage sampling, beer sampling, medieval Rothenburg, gourmet restaurants, winery tours in the Rhine, Mosel and Baden regions, Black Forest ham manufacture and tasting, spectacular castles, wine tasting on a boat on the Mosel River, Ruedesheim, Black Forest cake-making, distillery tours, castle hotels, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg, Nuremberg, Mercedes Benz Museum, King Ludwig’s castles, Esslingen’s half-timbered houses and Champagne method sparkling wine.