Melk, Austria
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Bratislava, Slovakia
This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour Today we stopped in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia since 1993 and earlier the capital of Hungary (remember what I said about Hungary being on the wrong “team” most of the time?). Clearly Slovakia got the best bits and Bratislava is a lovely (and…
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Budapest, Hungary
This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour After a lovely stay in Prague, it was time to head down to Budapest to pick up our river cruise. This was a horrendously long (7-8 hour) trip by bus, broken only by a rest stop at a way overcrowded roadside restaurant. We pulled…
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Prague, Czech Republic
So, on we have gone to Prague, recognized as the “first beautiful city,” mostly thanks to Charles IV, the Holy Roman Emperor during the mid-14th Century. During his reign, Prague grew into one of Europe’s largest and most prosperous cities. While it reminded us a bit of Kraków, it is easily 2-3 times its size….
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Krakow, Poland
We started our 2015 European adventure off visiting Kraków, Poland. Of course, part of the adventure was actually getting there. It took us about 36 hours – flights from Boston to Zurich, Zurich to Munich, Munich to Prague, and then the overnight train to Kraków. This was mad worse by the fact that Swiss Air…
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Sailing, Kisse Buku, and Departing from Bodrum, Turkey
This is part of a series called Gulet Cruise Turkey Well, all good things must come to an end and we were rapidly winding down. While having been on two “sailboats” in the past few weeks, we had never actually “sailed.” Ken requested that we hoist the sails and give it a whirl on our…
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Datca and Knidos, Turkey
This is part of a series called Gulet Cruise Turkey After a restful night in Selimiye, we headed back out into the wind and high seas to head to Datca, the largest town on the Datca peninsula. Not much to talk about there; it is largely a town devoted to fishing and marinas (and the…
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Kameriye Island and Selimiye, Turkey
This is part of a series called Gulet Cruise Turkey As promised, the sun shone brightly and the winds were howling. Luckily we had a late start, so everyone could sleep in. After a 1.5 hour sail, we pulled into the lee of Kameriye Island, a beautiful, goat-laden place. The highlight of this island is…
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Loryma, Turkey
This is part of a series called Gulet Cruise Turkey We left very early again today, heading for a morning stop at Loryma and then onto an unscheduled stop in Bozburun (our inverter blew up last night, so the Captain has to go and get another one). There isn’t much going on in Loryma. The…
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