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European Adventure Fall 2025
  • Jennifer Jeans
  • Jennifer Jeans

European Adventure Fall 2025

Old friends and new in Amsterdam and on a bike and boat trip (Passau to Budapest ) Read more
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  • Trip start
    August 31, 2025
  • Jennifer JeansEuropean Adventure Fall 2025Traveler

    Amsterdam Experiences

    September 2 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    It was an extra treat visiting a place with friends who knew it well. No figuring out directions, trams etc. Today was action packed with a visit to the Rijksmuseum, a boat tour along the canals and a walking tour of the Jordaan neighbourhood. Of course we enjoyed some local beer and a rijstaffal in an Indonesian restaurant.Read more

  • Jennifer JeansEuropean Adventure Fall 2025Traveler
    Royal palaceWar monumentBike parking garageParking garage for bicyclesMaritime MuseumCourtyard of the Maritime MuseumBrave swimmersLunch at the botanical gardens, Amsterdam salt meat!!One of the many tipsy houses in Amsterdam, due to the settling on the soft groundA other great meal when Loes' son Freek came from the Hague to join us

    Amsterdam day 3

    September 3 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Lots more to see! We started with breakfast in the Red Light District at de Bakkers Winkel who are known for their delicious bread and baked goods. Then to the Maritime Museum and the Resistance Museum. The latter told the storey of how the Dutch resisted the Nazis during the occupation 1940-1945. The individual stories showed courage and determination. It makes you wonder if we could do the same today.Read more

  • Jennifer JeansEuropean Adventure Fall 2025Traveler
    City Hal
    The Fenix Museum (with the silver tornado on top)View from the topView from the top of the FenixThe tornado is the stairwell to the top of the museum.The swan bridgeHarbour tour boatsCity hall from the waterOther side of the HarbourLighthouboat, now a restaurantModern housingShopping center lPoffert jes - little pancakes with sugar and butter, a real Dutch treatSurfing lessons in the wave pool

    A surprise outing to Rotterdam

    September 4 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Our friends planned a surprise day trip to Rotterdam, an hour by train from Amsterdam. We headed to the Port of Rotterdam which is the largest port in Europe and the world's largest outside of Asia. There, we visited the FENIX Museum of Migration dedicated to human migration. A tour around the Harbour gave us an appreciation for size and range of businesses that used the Port.Read more

  • Jennifer JeansEuropean Adventure Fall 2025Traveler
    Our ship dropping the bikers off
    One of the small ferries we took across the river.Austrian wild snap dragonsLunchtimeA field of squashIt was an hair raising ride a Ross this bridgeCorn fields along the trailRiding into BratislavaGrape vines in the Wachau valleyLooking over the valleyA 15 century church

    The biking

    September 8 in Hungary ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    We had four biking days. The first couple of biking days we biked along the Danube from Engelhartszell to Aschach and then from Devin to Bratislava. The landscape along the river was lush. They were harvesting in the near by fields of corn, squash etc. We had to pass through about 11 locks as we sailed down river and it was fascinating to watch that process. The bike paths were mostly flat which was great. On our last biking day was through the Wachau valley. We passed through scenic villages and vineyards, it was spectacular.Read more

  • Jennifer JeansEuropean Adventure Fall 2025Traveler
    Across from our ship's dock
    JudithLooking across the river to Buda to PeshBronze shoes commerating the 20,000 shot(mostly Jews)on the banks of the Danube winter of 1944/45Hungarian parliamentParliament buildingsLong escalator inti the metroLooking across to the parliament buildingsMuseum of agricultureStatue of Anomous, representing all scribesA baked deconstruction of a rubix cube, invented by a HungarianOur groupDecorative detail on a house in ViennaOld Greek orthodox churchSt. Stephen's cathedral in ViennaOld houses now home to upscale storesRoyal palace, ViennaDisplay of archeological work on street in ViennaCoffee and cake!!Narrow shopping alley

    Day trips to Budapest and Vienna

    September 10 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    We had short day visits to Budapest and Vienna. Both cities have grand architecture and statues. Judith, our guide in Budapest gave us a walking tour provided an insiteful summary of Hungary's history. We then had an afternoon to look around. We even tried the metro!! In Vienna, Gabi showed the sites of old Vienna but left time for to enjoy coffee and looking for chocolate.Read more

  • Trip end
    September 15, 2025
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