The final stop on the cruise portion of our travels was Passau, our only port-of-call in Germany. Passau is in the southeast corner of the country, strategically situated at the confluence of three rivers, the Inn, the Ilz and the Danube. Passau’s population is 50,415, of whom about 11,000 are students at the local University of Passau. The university,…
Category: 2015 Cruise
Prague
Our final stop on the Danube River Cruise was Prague in the Czech Republic. Prague is not on the Danube, it’s about three hours east by bus. Following our last day on the water, we disembarked at Passau, Germany and transferred to Prague for the last three days of our holiday. Interestingly, we arrived on…
Linz-Salzburg
As we approached the end of our cruise, our ship made one last stop in Austria, the port of Linz. This stop featured an excursion to Salzburg, known as the home of the Von Trapp family and the site of much of the filming of Sound of Music. We elected this excursion, a 3-hour bus ride, so…
Durnstein
The fifth day of our cruise took us into the beautiful Wachau Valley of Austria. We visited two towns, Durnstein and Melk, about 30 km apart. I was planning to cycle between the two towns, rejoining the cruise ship in Melk. Alas, the weather did not cooperate. As we were about to depart, it was…
Bratislava
On the second day of our cruise, I awoke early to catch some river scenes in the early morning light. As we approached Bratislava, our stop for the day we arrived at the impressive Gabcikovo Lock, the first of many on our way to Passau. Gabcikovo Lock consists of two main structures: a hydropower plant and two…