Cruise Talk

We needed to spend one night in Munich as the only flights that worked for our connections went through London and were early morning flights. We took the ship’s transfer from Austria, to Munich, about a 2 hour drive. The… Read more

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 transfers pre or post cruise. You… 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 confluence of three rivers: The Danube,… 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 on the hills. We visited the… 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 in the community and are lucky… Read more