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…
Category: Europe
Budapest
The starting point for our recent river cruise was Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Budapest is situated on the Danube River, which originates in the Black Forest of Germany. The Danube then flows southeast for 1,914 km (1,189 mi), passing through five capital cities before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine. This great river is host to many river cruise lines…
Enchanting Danube River Cruise
We’ve just returned home from a wonderful holiday in Central Europe, a cruise on the Danube River from Budapest to Passau with a three-day extension to Prague in the Czech Republic. The following map shows the course of our journey, covering 530 km (331 miles) over 7 days. Upon debarkation in Passau, we traveled by…
Holiday Scenes
In the course of our Mediterranean cruise last June, I took over 3000 photographs. I continue to go through them and occasionally find ones that I overlooked initially. Today I’m going to share a few that I have resurrected and chosen to post because I quite like them. I begin with a picture of another…
A Day in Provence
The first stop on our June cruise after departing Barcelona was Marseilles, in the south of France. After a night’s sleep on board we were eager to begin our first shore excursion. From the half dozen choices available, we had elected A Day in Provence, not so coincidentally the title of this post. As the…