My Cruise History

Engelharszell ended up being our alternate disembarkation location. The river was a little too low for us to make it up to Deggendorf, Germany. Keep this in mind if you are planning your own… Read more

Our final stop before our disembarkation port along the tour was in the lovely city of Passau, Germany. This town has been subject to flooding over the centuries as it is located at the… Read more

For our visit to Linz, we explored the town on foot on our own. If there is one thing I learned on this trip, it is that the best views are from the castles… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

Visitors could spend a week in Budapest and not see everything. The city is one of the most stunning in Europe and after surviving around 50 years under communism, the beautiful capitol on the… Read more