11 night Danube Dream River cruise in October 2022 onboard the Avalon Passion from Osijek, Croatia to Bucharest, Romania where we visited:
Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Danube River Cruise Croatia to the Black Sea 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 is not suited for sailing open water, a big wave…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Danube River Cruise Croatia to the Black Sea 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 both the pre 20th beautiful architecture and the 20th century…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Danube River Cruise Croatia to the Black Sea 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. The town does have some lovely architectural buildings that date…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Danube River Cruise Croatia to the Black Sea 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 Fortress. That fortress is about 1 hour drive from the…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Danube River Cruise Croatia to the Black Sea 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 of the trip. The beautiful Serbian Orthodox Santa Sava Cathedral…
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