Category: Capitals of Eastern Europe 2025

A very short final post. We watch sunrise this morning, not intentionally, just fail to notice that our neighbour has sailed away […]

We walk into Vienna using mostly the same route as yesterday. A slight variation finds a memorial to a former Gestapo building […]

Our holiday is winding down now. This morning we come to our final resting place; when the boat, Kadlin, moves again on […]

We enter Slovakia overnight. After breakfast we get some laps in around the deck. It’s funny that Viking tells us we must walk […]

There were two princesses, one called Elisabeth and the other Margaret. This is a case of royal parallelism, I’m not talking about […]

Eight years ago we had five days in Budapest after a cruise, and enjoyed every moment. Now we’re back for a couple […]

We’ve changed country again overnight. Today and for the next three we are in Hungary. Chef is watering his herbs as we […]

It is not a coincidence that, as we sit on a pair of railway sleepers enjoying our packed lunch, our current home, […]

Our third and final day in Serbia is in the country’s second city, Novi Sad. It is quite small, around ¼ million inhabitants, […]

Our guide today, Lily, is an absolute hoot, we are in stitches with her wonderful humour interspersed with mischievous observations. No-one is […]