Destinations/Ports Series: 2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise Visiting the beautiful Melk Abby is a must do on a Danube river cruise. The abbey is still an active school and monastery for the Benedictine priests/monks. They have an active school for children in the community and are lucky enough to have the tourists who are willing…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise Durnstein might be a very small town with just 100 or 200 people living in it, but it is full of history. The ruined castle might be the most famous attraction in the city as it is where Richard the Lionheart was held for ransom upon his return…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise We had a wonderful stop in Vienna, which is the music capitol of Austria. Our day started with a bus to the old town area and then a walking tour of the most important district of the old town. There we saw many of the palaces of the…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise After a brief scenic cruise up the Danube from Bratislava, we docked for a short time in Hainburg, Austria. This was more of a technical stop to hold our place for going through the locks later that night, but there was enough time and daylight to enjoy a…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise Bratislava is truly an often lover looked city on the Danube. Interestingly enough, my Great Grandmother who was Lithuanian was named Bratislava, but our tour guide couldn’t figure out how she got this name as she was born in the 1870’s or 1880’s and the city did not…
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