Monthly Archives: June 2015

Passau, Germany

We arrived in Passau on the afternoon of June 5th- Inn River on left and Danube on the right, and took a tour of the village. Apparently, the village has a theme every week. This week, it has to do with  … Continue reading

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Austria – Vienna – Wachau Valley

  Let’s  see -In Vienna – dinner at the Palais Pallavicini. The palace is in the Hopburg Palace complex We had the dinner on the night of the 2nd. We took  a trip to the Schonbrunn palace on the morning … Continue reading

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Bratislava, Slovakia

This morning we pulled in at Bratislava. We took a short morning tour of the center of town.We saw the tapestries at the Primatial Palace. Then we had a coffee and a pastry before heading back to the ship for … Continue reading

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Budapest – Exploring Pest

This morning we set out to see Budapest most significant landmarks on the Pest side of the Danube. We visited St. Stephan’s Basilica,where the relic St Stephan’s right hand is kept, passed the Hungarian State Opera House, and stopped at … Continue reading

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Budapest – Exploring mostly Buda

We arrived in Budapest last night and this morning visited the Parliament on the Pest side of the Danube. Then we took the bus to the Buda side, spending the day in Castle Hill District and Fisherman’s Bastion. We had … Continue reading

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Pecs, Hungary

  This morning our riverboat cleared customs at Mohacs, Hungary. After breakfast we departed by bus for Pecs. to see an eleventh century cathedral and early Christian catacombs, a Synagogue and a Mosque converted to a Catholic church. Then we … Continue reading

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