Grand European River Cruise

En route to Vienna

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise After our fabulous afternoon in the thermal baths of Budapest, we returned to our boat – just in time for our 5:45 departure for Vienna. In approximately 24-hours we’ll reach our destination – just in time for tomorrow night’s excursion. The awesome logistics […]

Budapest

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise Right in the heart of Europe, Budapest is home to almost two million Hungarians in a country nearly the size of Indiana. The country spans both sides of the Danube – the first of three waterways that we’ll enjoy on our river cruise. […]

Boarding the Skadi

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise No, the boat in the photo above is not the Skadi! That is a farewell to Prague photo, taken from the Charles Bridge just two days ago. Whew!! Today was all about logistics. We delivered our luggage to a safe place in the […]

Kutna Hora

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise Kutna Hora We took it easy today with only two excursions. Although the first was seven hours long, several of those hours were spent on a bus winding through the Czech countryside with beautiful farmland and gently rolling hills. A ways down the […]

Awe-Inspiring Prague: Part Two

< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise Panoramic Prague (cont’d) In this post, we continue our long day in Prague. After visiting the John Lennon Wall, we loaded into a motor coach and were dropped off at the entrance to the Prague Castle Complex. Since it was a dreary day and my […]

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