Joining Tim and Diane to celebrate our Golden Anniversaries.
The morning went fairly smoothly.✅ Suitcases in the hall ✅ Breakfast ✅ Watch the suitcases loaded ✅ Off to airport ✅ Check in / Check suitcases ✅ Passport control ✅ Second Breakfast while we waited for our gate to open 😞 Thru the security check for our gate (separate security for every pair of gates) […]
Today we had nothing scheduled.We wanted to have a day to poke around, Show Tim and Diane a bit of the city, maybe do a little shopping, possibly packing. As we started we paused to get a photo of the restaurant next door. A guide yesterday commented that there is a sizable Vietnamese community in
Big day today!We had 3 excursions booked.The Deegs chose (wisely) to skip the first so that they would be ready to enjoy the other two. Wise move! The first excursion was a walking tour of the old town.We started with a very quick walk to the main square (so we would get there on the
We were up and out the door by 7:30 this morning. Final good bye’s and we boarded our bus for the 8 hour drive to Prague.Road time was more like 7 but with rest stops and lunch stops it was close 8 hours clock time. Much of the drive was across the great Hungarian plane
Alert Alert Alert – I sat down to work on photos for Budapest and discovered that I had, in fact, taken some photos (and a video) for Vienna Day 2 (9/2/24).So if you haven’t seen them you might want to go back and check them out (especially the video – it’s classic). Last day on
As promised we were slovenly today. We ate We rested We blogged We ate We read We napped We libated We caught the port talk We ate Above all, we stayed cool. About dusk we left Vienna.Here are a couple of interesting shots: Along the way we crossed into Slovenia (Hurray! Another country!)We passed by
We woke up (without the alarm, this was a free morning) to find a new type of view from our balcony. It seems that Vienna is a major port for Viking (and other cruise lines) so docking space is at a premium. We were one of 7 Viking ships in port today, using 3 docking
This was a short stop, just long enough for all of us to tour the Abby. So they divided us into 2 groups. We were in the second group so our excursion didn’t leave until 9:15. That meant that we were in no real hurry to get to breakfast, letting the 8:45 crowd have the
During breakfast this morning we docked in Passau Germany.We were all four healthy today so we set out as a full group for the hour+ bus ride to Salzburg. Arriving at Salzburg we were met by our guide who led us, first, to a handy facility for a bio breakThus refreshed we set out on
This video is 8 minutes long.Watch at your own discression.