Woke up to a chilly, snowy Prague. More of a rainy snow, but cold nonetheless! We headed toward Charles St. Bridge again with no particular plans in mind. Having time to spare before our afternoon activity, we decided to ride the tram line to the very end, giving us a true picture of life...
Continue readingHuh? Vienna you say?? Surprise – we spent the day in Vienna, Austria! It was a long day but worth it. Tim wanted to see 4 Eastern European capitals – Budapest, Bucharest, Prague, and Vienna. We saw two earlier this year, are staying in one currently, so decided to take the journey today to finish...
Continue readingFirst full day in the capital of the Czech Republic! Hopped on the tram to head toward Charles Bridge again. Ok, we hopped on A tram but not THE tram. For the record don’t trust Jay to read tram numbers from a distance. After a slight side trip to a random neighborhood we made our...
Continue readingInteresting journey getting to Prague. Sitting at the gate in Minneapolis (MSP) at the very end of the concourse (very end=nowhere to go) waiting for our flight, three CBP officers quietly approach the group seated behind Tim, talk to a man, and handcuff him. Guy sits down, another CBP officer joins, and within minutes lead...
Continue readingWe left Bucharest (plains) for Transylvania (other side of the mountains) this morning. A normal journey from Bucharest to Brasov is about 2-2.5 hours but on Fridays and Sundays the drive can take as much as 5 hours! While we experienced quite a bit of traffic on the only 2 lane road it did not...
Continue readingSadly, the river cruise portion of our journey ended this morning. At the port of Oltenita, Romania we bid a fond farewell to the Avalon Passion and its crew members and headed for the next leg of our adventure. The bus ride from Oltenita to Bucharest offered the opportunity for us to see day-to-day life...
Continue readingLast day in Bulgaria! (for now) Today was an all day excursion to Veliko Tarnovo and Arbanassi, two towns/villages in Bulgaria. The drive to these locations took us through the Danube Plains, which is mostly farmland peppered here and there by villages. Most of the harvesting has been finished for the year but crops of...
Continue readingOur first slow morning! We arrived in Cetate, Romania and had the opportunity to visit the Cetate Cultural Center, including a wine tasting but we didn’t go. Did we mention that it was at 8:30 in the morning?! The thought of tasting wine (and whatever other nasty brandy/moonshine stuff) that early in the day was...
Continue readingGreetings, Today’s blog will likely be more pictures than description, as most of the day was spent sailing. We did start the day docking in Serbia at a little town, where we were bussed several miles to a cool, Danube side archeological site. The site was called Lepenski Vir, and it was a site that...
Continue readingOne day in Belgrade, Serbia! Our morning started with a panoramic tour of Belgrade – capital of Serbia, former capital of Yugoslvaia. Our first stop was at the Fortress of Belgrade which offered breathtaking views over the city. The color of the bricks in the fortress walls indicated the century in which they were constructed….wal...
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