The flight out of Budapest was at 6:30 am so I don’t recall much of the 2 hour flight, as I knocked off pretty much after take off. I do recall the flight attendant offering us Nutella filled croissant and a beverage, I ate a few bites (didn’t […]
This morning, when we left the Viking Var on a bus for Passau, we left not knowing if the water level would improve. We were not sure if we had to come back to the ship to pack and move to another ship, or if things would be […]
Passau has a lot of neat little shops, and we stumbled on one while trying to find our way back to the Viking bus. Stephen immediately recognized the Marmalade shop and said its well known. It was featured on travel shows as things to check out in Passau, […]
It’s well known that Nurenburg is famous for Lebkuchen. Supposedly Passau is also known for the “gingerbread” cookies, which surprised us. What was more surprising was finding a lebkuchen shop that hailed from Nuremburg in the city of Passau. Stephen recognized the company and said Alpine Village in […]
When we travel, most of the time we pack for the worst case scenario. Well, I’m a huge fan of Rick Steves, who has a motto to expect the best case scenario. If millions of people can live in Europe, chances are they will have what you’re looking […]
The Viking Var was unable to dock at Passau, so we were bussed in from Regensburg. Since we couldn’t go back to the ship for lunch, Viking Var had lunch for us at Heilig-Geist-Stift-Schenke, which loosely translates to Holy Spirit Tavern. After the concert at St. Stephen’s cathedral, […]
Passau is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also called the Three River City because there are three rivers in the city, and was an important trading city. The Viking Var had to bus us from Regensburg to Passau, and we kicked off our visit with […]
Who knew that Europe was suffering a drought like California? Ok, perhaps not that bad but the river water levels are low, which is affecting the river cruises. Viking River Cruise has experienced low water levels and as of today, our ship is waiting to hear what the […]
The theme tonight was mushrooms, and lots of it! The amuse bouche was a fried mushroom with pineapple salsa. For my starter, I had the mushroom soup, which was a consommé. For some reason I thought it would be cream soup. Entree choice was pork medallions with dessert the […]
After our city tour and the Bratwurst sandwich, we came back on the ship around 1:00 to relax. The ship was docked right by the city, and it was no more than 15-20 minutes walk from the City Center. Around 4:00 we decided to go back out to explore […]
Yesterday we were in Nurenburg trying their famous 3 in a roll bratwurst, known in German as 3 im Weckla, at their Bratwursthäusle near San Sanbald. Today, on our tour, we were told that Regensburg has the oldest Bratwursthäusle , dating back 800 years. How could we not […]
During our walking tour, our guide Sebastian didn’t detour our group here, but suggested we visit on our own. For one thing, parts of the bridge is covered in scaffolding and being renovated. He told us to walk to the middle for a great photo opportunity. So after the […]
The second stop of this cruise is Regensburg, a medieval city with Roman walls dating back to 179 A.D. Our basic tour was a 2- hour walking tour from the old city walls to the city center at the Cathedral. The optional tour was the Weltenburg Abbey and a […]
After the city tour of Nuremberg, the bus took us to Roth, where we departed from that location toward Regensburg. At 2:00 we went to the dining room for a late lunch, and the menu for day 2 was: I decided on the soup and the Bavarian Farmers […]
The first port on this Viking Danube River cruise is Nurenburg, or Nürnberg for the German spellers. Included with our cruise is the City tour, which is mainly a bus tour highlighting the once occupied Nazi buildings, and the justice buildings where the Nazi war criminals were tried. The […]
Our day begins early, as the tour departs at 8:30 am. The dining room opened at 6:30, and we arrived shortly after to a near empty dining room. It’s buffet style and they offered pretty much everything from danishes, fruit, cereal, made in-house yogurts, to hot cooked food […]
If you’ve ever been on an ocean cruise, you know that service is important. The downside on a cruise is there’s about 4000+ passengers to take care of. On Viking, they’ve taken it up a notch. As a passenger, I felt like a VIP. It’s a smaller ship, […]
