АнглияCoffinswell50°29’54” N 3°35’10” W
22 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Sunday morning time for final packing.
АнглияHilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminal 251°28’11” N 0°27’12” W
22 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Finally checked into the Hilton Garden Hotel at Heathrow Terminal 2. Left early with intention of meeting up with Tom and Laura in London and finally passing on the Icelandic beer. Plans changed as 40Читать далее
ВенгрияGellért Hill47°29’22” N 19°3’10” E
23 октября 2023 г., Венгрия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Early start, left hotel at 5:15 to walk across to terminal 3. No queues but we did get the trainee on his first day serving real customers supervised by an experienced agent who reminded him of someЧитать далее
ПутешественникWe have a proper guided tour of Budapest on our last day, I may know more about what we saw then.
СловакияKomarno Port47°45’26” N 18°7’44” E
24 октября 2023 г., Словакия ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
The published schedule was to arrive overnight and visit the Basilica, the largest in Hungary, then free time in the town returning for lunch and continuing on to Bratislava. However the water levelЧитать далее
ПутешественникScenery very similar to the Swiss end of the Rhine cruise flattish tree lined terrain, but water level lower so seeing more rocks and larger sandy areas along shore. The statue of man from knees up I think is Frank Lehar operetta composer who was born there, the statue in the square behind Karen had the name Klapka ( or something like that) the statue is used as a memorial as several flower wreaths had been placed underneath, the night I’m guessing could be Ladislaus the Posthumous, king of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia born there around 1440.
СловакияBratislava48°8’21” N 17°6’20” E
25 октября 2023 г., Словакия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Arrived during dinner last night. Busy here as we are “double parked” at the moorings. The trip started with a train ride (the sort of of train you see chugging around UK sea fronts) which took usЧитать далее
ПутешественникYes these cities have some wonderful buildings, but outside the main centres in Hungary and Slovenian you also see lots of soviet era square grey concrete apartment blocks where lots of people still live.
АвстрияDürnstein48°23’28” N 15°31’17” E
26 октября 2023 г., Австрия ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Now sailing through Austria and there is a change to the riverbank. The water level is still low so seeing “beaches”, but behind them a wider variety of larger trees and forested hills. This sceneЧитать далее
АвстрияMelk48°14’1” N 15°19’38” E
26 октября 2023 г., Австрия ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Sailed along the Wanchau Valley to Melk. The hills are not as steep but otherwise similar scenery to our journey along the Rhine Gorge. At intervals, the land levels out allowing the establishment ofЧитать далее
ПутешественникSurprising you said the abbey is big, I heard Melk was pint sized!
ПутешественникPerhaps seems small for you cosmopolitan capital city types, but for us simple country village people it was big!
АвстрияLinz48°19’2” N 14°17’56” E
27 октября 2023 г., Австрия ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Arrived in the early hours, double parked again and unfortunately our neighbour was running some very noisy engines - so not much sleep after that. Today we have options, Salzburg or Linz - we optedЧитать далее
АвстрияDome of Salzburg47°47’52” N 13°2’47” E
27 октября 2023 г., Австрия ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Arrived at 11:00 and found guide for our 90 minute walking tour of the old town. Drizzled on and for 45 minutes before stopping completely and we did actually see some sun in the afternoon. The tourЧитать далее
АвстрияKaplanhof48°18’26” N 14°18’26” E
27 октября 2023 г., Австрия ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Left Salzburg at 15:30 arriving back at Linz at 17:00 .As everyone had been on time at pickup point and made good time on journey we were able to drive through the old centre of Linz. So as well asЧитать далее
