Departing Deutschland

We awoke on the Danube still in Austria (despite last night’s shipboard farewell to Austria festivities of weiner schnitzel, grüner veltliner, and a Sound of Music singalong) and 25km downriver ofMeer informatie
We awoke on the Danube still in Austria (despite last night’s shipboard farewell to Austria festivities of weiner schnitzel, grüner veltliner, and a Sound of Music singalong) and 25km downriver ofMeer informatie
Less than 30 minutes from Linz, in the rolling agricultural lands above the Danube and with sightlines to the majestic and still snow-covered Alps in the distance, is the site of the MauthausenMeer informatie
Linz, in imperial times, was the sometimes secure location for the Habsburg clan when or I f there was trouble or dissent in Vienna. Today it is Austria’s third largest city, with industriesMeer informatie
If it’s Friday morning, it must be Krems, where we arrived after an overnight sail from Vienna. Depending on how you look at it (upstream or downstream), Krems is either the gateway to the scenicMeer informatie
Today we ventured into the heart of Vienna more or less on our own. A little shopping at the Heindl confectionary and the Julius Meini deli (such a lox collection) and store, then a tour of the SisiMeer informatie
For a Baroque style evening and wanting to party like they used to in the guest palace (because really, who wants the guests in your own palace) of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), we travelled toMeer informatie
Why stay in central Vienna in the heat (and smells) of summer when you can retreat to your hunting estate on the edge of the city and construct a 1,441 room palace there inspired by, if not modeledMeer informatie
Imperial Hofburg Palace, the Volksgarten, melange and sachertorte at Sluka Conditorei, and apparently Austria runs on Dunkin’ too. Who knew.
Fascinating afternoon in the current capital (since 1993) of Slovakia, which city was also the capital of Habsburg-era Hungary from ~1526 until 1784. Among other sites on this unique and historicalMeer informatie
Our final evening in Budapest marked with sunset and beverages topside, and then a scenic dinner sailing up and down the Danube within Budapest for one last look, at night, of the many landmarks andMeer informatie
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