Welcome to Cruise Talk!

Hi! My name is Suzanne Klasen.  I am the Owner / Travel Advisor and CLIA Master Cruise Counselor and Elite Cruise Counselor (MCC, ECC) for my CruiseOne Vacations by Suzanne Travel Agency. This site is a collection of my personal travels, thoughts and recommendations. The map above represents the cruise travel (based on embarkation port) that I have posted so far (more to come). Click on a map point to see the cruise itinerary and details.

2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise: Linz, Austria

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise 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 towns fortress park and climbed several hundred steps…

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2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise: Melk, Austria and Wachau Valley

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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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2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise: Durnstein, Austria

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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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2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise: Vienna, Austria

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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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2021 Danube Dreams River Cruise: Hainburg, Austria

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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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