We’re completing our River Danube exploration. In 2017 we sailed from Amsterdam to Budapest, the latter part on the Danube. The river continues to the Black Sea so it’s only reasonable that we finish this journey.
Our diary and avilability means that we’re going to do it backwards this time, so start at the Black Sea and travel Westwards, in fact back to Vienna so there’s a couple of overlaps, which is an extra bonus!
- Danube 2025 – day 00 – Fri 04/07
We’ve been to Bucharest before, it was 2014 and as part of a cruise we spent a week sailing around the Black… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 00 – Fri 04/07 - Danube 2025 – day 01 – Sat 05/07
Romania has a chequered history, like many countries I supppose. What with Dracula, The Austro-Hungarian Empire, changing sides during WWII, and Soviet… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 01 – Sat 05/07 - Danube 2025 – day 02 – Sun 06/07
We are forced to get up early today. Yes it’s a tiny bit annoying, but realistically, we’re on holiday so who gives… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 02 – Sun 06/07 - Danube 2025 – day 03 – Mon 07/07
Today is the day we embark on the boat, which because of the Danube’s very low levels is moored upstream of the… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 03 – Mon 07/07 - Danube 2025 – day 04 – Tue 08/07
We start our day by driving to the Epope of Pleven (or panorama) a war museum about the 1877 liberation of Bulgaria… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 04 – Tue 08/07 - Danube 2025 – day 05 – Wed 09/07
As we gently sail into Vidin this morning, the heavens open, complete with thunder and lightning, but it is expected to stop… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 05 – Wed 09/07 - Danube 2025 – day 06 – Thu 10/07
Our morning is spent scenic cruising. This morning we pass through the area which contains the narrowest part of the river, where… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 06 – Thu 10/07 - Danube 2025 – day 07 – Fri 11/07
Our guide today, Lily, is an absolute hoot, we are in stitches with her wonderful humour interspersed with mischievous observations. No-one is… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 07 – Fri 11/07 - Danube 2025 – day 08 – Sat 12/07
Our third and final day in Serbia is in the country’s second city, Novi Sad. It is quite small, around ¼ million inhabitants,… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 08 – Sat 12/07 - Danube 2025 – day 09 – Sun 13/07
It is not a coincidence that, as we sit on a pair of railway sleepers enjoying our packed lunch, our current home,… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 09 – Sun 13/07 - Danube 2025 – day 10 – Mon 14/07
We’ve changed country again overnight. Today and for the next three we are in Hungary. Chef is watering his herbs as we… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 10 – Mon 14/07 - Danube 2025 – day 11 – Tue 15/07
Eight years ago we had five days in Budapest after a cruise, and enjoyed every moment. Now we’re back for a couple… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 11 – Tue 15/07 - Danube 2025 – day 12 – Wed 16/07
There were two princesses, one called Elisabeth and the other Margaret. This is a case of royal parallelism, I’m not talking about… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 12 – Wed 16/07 - Danube 2025 – day 13 – Thu 17/07
We enter Slovakia overnight. After breakfast we get some laps in around the deck. It’s funny that Viking tells us we must walk… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 13 – Thu 17/07 - Danube 2025 – day 14 – Fri 18/07
Our holiday is winding down now. This morning we come to our final resting place; when the boat, Kadlin, moves again on… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 14 – Fri 18/07 - Danube 2025 – day 15 – Sat 19/07
We walk into Vienna using mostly the same route as yesterday. A slight variation finds a memorial to a former Gestapo building… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 15 – Sat 19/07 - Danube 2025 – day 16 – Sun 20/07
A very short final post. We watch sunrise this morning, not intentionally, just fail to notice that our neighbour has sailed away… Read more: Danube 2025 – day 16 – Sun 20/07