Stories from sea to shore…
Suzanne Klasen 
Logistics in and out of Rome can be complicated. We flew from Bucharest through Munich and then on to Rome the night before the cruise. Our only worry was getting out of Munich as… Read more
During our journey for the recent river cruise our trans-Atlantic flights took us as far as Austria, where we spent one night at an airport hotel and then flew Austrian Airlines from Vienna to… Read more
It is pretty easy to do a ship review for Avalon Waterways because all their ships sailing on the Danube are pretty much the same. We once again had a panoramic suite with the… Read more
This dining review will focus on both the meals we had during tours and the food onboard. I was very pleased with both. Our first meal that was included for us was our lunch… Read more
We disembarked from the river and then took about a two hour drive via coach to Bucharest where our local tour guide took us to the very larger Government Administration and Parliament building that… Read more
I am not sure what we were expecting to see in Transylvania, but a Royal Saxon city was certainly not high on the list. The beautiful city of Brasov was once a royal city… Read more
I really don’t have any pictures of this port. It was literally just a dock on the side of the river where we disembarked and got on our bus to go to Bucharest. Guests… Read more
Our morning started with traversing the final lock on the Danube/Black Sea Canal and sailing into the Black Sea. It technically was the protected harbor area of the black sea, as our river vessel… Read more
We had two choices in Rousse, the simple option was a guided tour of the town led by our cruise manager. That is what Steve chose to do. They explored the town which featured… Read more
The small town of Vidin, Bulgaria had a big increase in population when the communists decided to relocate people from their farms to cities to work in factories as part of their industrialization efforts.… Read more
It really is a misnomer to say that this day was in Donji Milanovac, because our two excursions were not in the town. Our first stop early in the morning was at the Gulubac… Read more
Another place that captured my heart on this trip was the beautiful town of Belgrade. We arrived early in the morning and were off for a nice tour that included one of the highlights… Read more