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Rhine Cruise Frankfort to Koblenz (#35) (C#17)
We had a day in Frankfort that we decided to use as a break from travel to plan the next leg of our trip. We were docked outside of...

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Aug 182 min read


Locals and Glassblowing in Wertheim (#34) (C#16)
We were delighted with a glassblowing demonstration on the boat as we were traveling to Wertheim. The glassblower gave us a complete...

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Aug 182 min read


Medieval Rothenburg, Germany (#33) (C#15)
We had a great day in Rothenburg au Tauber. We left the cruise guided tour and enjoyed walking on our own. Our firs stop was the top of...

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Aug 161 min read


Quick Fun Trip to Bamburg, Germany (#32) (C#14)
We did a quick walk around tour of Bamburg in the morning. Our ship arrived at 6am and we left around 1pm. Bamberg is laid out over 7...

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Aug 121 min read


Continental Divide and Friends in Nuremberg, Germany(#31)(C#13)
We had an overnight ride to Nuremberg through some very low bridges. Half of the deck was closed for low bridges so everyone needed to...

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Aug 121 min read


Exceptional Hops Tour in Kelheim, Germany(#29) (C#12)
We arrived in Kelheim at 9am in time to leave for one of three tours. We picked the Hops Tour which has been our favorite tour on the...

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Aug 92 min read


Medieval Stone Bridge in Regensburg, Germany(#28) (C#11)
On of our tour guides was from Regensburg and gave us a bit of history about living in the town. We had a tour with the local guides who...

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Aug 91 min read


First Stop in Passau, Germany(#27) (C#10)
We enjoyed temperatures in the 70s as we traveled to Passau, Germany. We wre finally in Germany. As with the day before, pictures of the...

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Aug 91 min read


Visiting the Abby in Melk, Austria (#26) (C#9)
We had a lovely travel day with guided tour on the Danube through the Wachau Valley. The sites were extraordinary but hard to capture in...

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Aug 91 min read


Starting Western Europe in Vienna, Austria (#25) (C#8)
We left 1/2 of our cruise in Budapest and had a quiet cruise to Vienna, Austria. We had a full travel day to get to Vienna. We used the...

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Aug 91 min read


Ending Eastern Europe in Budapest, Hungary (#24) (C#7)
Laura started the morning planning the next legs of our trip while we traveled to Budapest. `We arrived to Budapest an hour late because...

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Aug 82 min read


Healing from Wars in Vukovar, Croatia (#23) (C#6)
We learned about school segregation between ethnic Serbs and Croations living in Croatia before we started our day on the boat. When we...

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Aug 82 min read


Experiencing Serbia in Novi Sad (#22) (C#5)
We enjoyed our trip to Novi Sad. We made a walking tour of the town and market place with our guide Christi. We got to taste local...

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Aug 61 min read


Fortress and Illness in Belgrade, Serbia (#21) (C#4)
After a magnificent journey through the Iron Gates on the Danube, we arrived at the Belgrade Fortress. We walked up, down and around this...

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Aug 61 min read


Iron Gates to Donji Milanovac, Serbia (#20) (C#3)
After dinner the night before, Ted became sick with a 24 hr GI illness. Towards the middle of the day he was able to join us. TRAVEL: We...

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Aug 62 min read


The Fortress Baba Vida in Vidin, Bulgaria (#19) (C#2)
On our first day on the move, we stopped at Baba Vida in Vidin, Bulgaria to see a fortress. We double parked on the outside of another...

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Aug 61 min read


Moving on the Boat in Nikopol, Romania (#18) (C#1)
We boarded our cruise after a 4 hour bus ride to Nikopol as the area was experiencing a heat wave of 104 degrees. The AC on our bus...

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Aug 41 min read


Beginning Cruise from Bucharest (#17) Part 2
Once our tour arrived, we met and went on tours of the city. We already had some familiarilty with the city because of our time already...

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Aug 42 min read


Welcome to Bucharest, Romania (#16) Part 1
We decided to take a Grand Circle Cruise starting from Bucharest, Romania. We arrived 5 days before the cruise met and 2 days before we...

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Jul 302 min read


Spectacular Stonehenge from London (#15)
We planned two nights near the airport at London Stansted to get ourselves ready for our flight on RyanAir to Bucharest, Romania in two...

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Jul 182 min read
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