** Travel Treasures **
Thanks for this Wikipedia: According to some medieval chronicles, the name Buda came from the brother of Attila, King of the Huns, and Buda was a popular person's name in use at the time. Another story is that Atilla killed his brother, Buda and threw his body in the Danube... Other sources (including our tour... Continue Reading →
Today was Bratislava and this was our view on arrival. We were about 500 metres or so from the old town and joined our 'gentle' walking tour. At this stage of the trip everyone is tired and the people with mobility difficulties seem to be walking slower and slower, so today was hard going. Also... Continue Reading →
Today's view on waking... Modern Vienna. But on the other side of the ship was old Vienna and where we are headed today for a little bus ride around the ring road, which is where all the important buildings are located and then a small walking tour... Vienna is all about the beautiful architecture, the... Continue Reading →
Today's first stop was Melk and visit to the Abbey. Me Jenny and I have visited the Abbey before and decided to sit this one out for a slow quiet morning. But we could see it from where the ship was docked... Then we cruised through the Wachau Valley - one of the prettiest sections... Continue Reading →
Me Jen and I had been looking very much forward to visiting Česky Krumlov. On our last visit, because of the flooding on the Danube, we had to bypass a couple of stops and Česky was one of them. Česky Krumlov... or just Krum as the locals call it is a 2 hour bus journey... Continue Reading →
No this is not a typo - this seems to be how German speakers pronounce Nuremberg, so I'm going with it. This was my view on waking this morning... a little less picturesque than past days, but if I'm honest, my memory of Nuremberg from 14 years ago was not favourable, so I wasn't expecting... Continue Reading →
As you know we turned off the Rhine and onto the Main River at Mainz, then just before our next stop of Bamberg, we turned onto the Main-Danube canal. The connection between the Main and the Danube, effectively connecting the Rhine and Danube. There was a bit of time onboard as we went through many... Continue Reading →
"What is a weekend?" Dowager Countess - Downton Abbey https://youtu.be/onUkNsXks54?feature=shared I can't quite believe it... Today we went to Highclere Castle! Home to the Grantham family in Downton Abbey. If you haven't binged the entirety of all six seasons + Christmas specials + movies, then I won't give a give anything away. Me Jenny and... Continue Reading →
Today's adventure took us down the road a bit to Tilshead, Amesbury, Shrewton, Winterbourne Stoke, Elston, Orcheston - a good number of villages in the Wiltshire area that are mentioned in our family tree as far as our ancestors being born, living or dying there. They are also some of the cutest villages we've been... Continue Reading →