The Blue Danube & Prague

One more travel opportunity we couldn't resist - we do enjoy river travel. This one started in Budapest - we had been there in 1972 and everything seemed pretty grey under communism. Now it seems to be booming and it's a beautiful city with a lot of history. We had city tours and time to explore on our own.

The ship was the River Aria with Grand Circle Travel. We've decided we like being taken care of - transportation, pickup/delivery from/to airports, etc. The meals on the ship are always wonderful, the program directors knowledgeable and helpful. We had a total of seven nights on the ship.

Our next stop was Brataslava in Slovakia, another historic city. Then to Vienna - and a tour of the Opera House - with the Christmas markets starting to be set up. Then to Linz. Don took the tour to Salzburg - I remembered it from 1972 so I stayed back and went shopping with two Minnesota sisters we had met on the ship. That was fun.

Our last stop on the Danube was Linz - another interesting city.