Category: Capitals of Eastern Europe 2025

Our morning is spent scenic cruising. This morning we pass through the area which contains the narrowest part of the river, where […]

As we gently sail into Vidin this morning, the heavens open, complete with thunder and lightning, but it is expected to stop […]

We start our day by driving to the Epope of Pleven (or panorama) a war museum about the 1877 liberation of Bulgaria […]

Today is the day we embark on the boat, which because of the Danube’s very low levels is moored upstream of the […]

We are forced to get up early today. Yes it’s a tiny bit annoying, but realistically, we’re on holiday so who gives […]

Romania has a chequered history, like many countries I supppose. What with Dracula, The Austro-Hungarian Empire, changing sides during WWII, and Soviet […]

We’ve been to Bucharest before, it was 2014 and as part of a cruise we spent a week sailing around the Black […]