Part 7 Budapest, Hungary and The Long Awaited Doors Series of Photographs Our voyage from Vienna to Budapest included a rare daytime transit through one of the many locks we encountered. I got some pretty good photos illustrating how they pack several ships into a lock to make the best use of them. We were …
Passau, Germany; Melk, Austria, and Vienna, Austria . It is now September 19 and we arrived in Passau, Germany at 8 AM on a cool and damp start to the day. Our included excursion was a walking tour of the city. Our guide was an immigrant from Italy by the name of Sebastiano. I make …
Bamberg, Nuremberg, Regensburg and More I have said it before and I will likely repeat it again before I am finished describing this marvelous adventure. Viking does things right! By now, we had become pretty well adjusted to those parts of the day that were truly routine. However, there is much more than routine when …
Discussion of the Canal System, visits to Miltenberg and Rothenburg As previously discussed this cruise started in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and ended in Budapest, Hungary. For those of you who wonder how that can be as there is no natural waterway connecting those two cities, you are not alone. Before we even booked the cruise I …
Part 3 – Stops in Cologne and Koblenz, Germany By now, we were pretty accustomed to the routine on board the ship and how the tours were to be conducted. It is safe to say that our anxiety level had returned to normal and we were now in full enjoyment mode. We sailed through the …
Part 2 – The Hague, Amsterdam, and Introduction to Viking Bragi This was the day we were to board the ship, Bragi, to begin the cruise. First, we would travel by coach to Amsterdam with a few stops along the way. Before leaving The Hague we stopped at The International Court of Justice, commonly referred …
It has been a very long time since I published a blog post. There are myriad reasons for this that I will not bore you with. Connie and I just returned from an eighteen-day trip to Europe. We participated in a Viking River cruise that took us from Amsterdam to Budapest via rivers and canals. …
The Grand European River Cruise Part 1- Planning and First Few Days Read More »
The Covid-19 Pandemic has meant different things to different people around the country and the world. I do not know if it is the discipline I developed while in the Navy or the medical knowledge I have gained over the 39 years of marriage to the love of my life, Connie, but I found the …
Connie and I have had a very busy year. This was to be the year of three weddings, a nursing school reunion, a high school reunion, a reunion with many friends in many areas of the country, and a good bit of birdwatching along the way. I will not bore you with all the weddings. …
September 3, 2019 The past few days have paid a significant toll on me as an American. I am an American who dedicated thirty-five years of my life supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States of America through my service in the United States Navy. My troubles started with the second senseless mass …