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. …
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This article has been a tough one to get off the ground. There are a variety of reasons. I spent an alarming amount of time trying to decide exactly how to present the photographs that appear below. If this seems odd, you should remember that over the years I have developed a personal set of …
It has long been a desire of mine to visit Yellowstone during the winter. For anyone who has known me since late in my Navy career to the present, this desire may seem a little strange. I don’t like the cold. I am no longer fond of driving in snowy conditions. My hands and feet …
Fast Summer Morphs Into A Faster Autumn and Winter It appeared the summer of 2017 would just flash by. As mentioned before, the park and therefore the campground was busy. However, our work schedule offered us many opportunities to explore and spend time with friends who visited us in the park and with friends and …
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