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22 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 15 °CSunday morning time for final packing.
Sunday morning time for final packing.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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