Windmills at Kinderdijk It was a windy, chilly and rainy morning when Viking Bragi docked at Kinderdijk, our first stop in the Netherlands. The included tour was a rain or shine affair, so everyone grabbed provided umbrellas as our guide led us to the only place in the world with so many windmills so close together. Our guide was formerly […]
We’re having a lot of fun socializing here in San Diego, so completing my river cruise posts has become a challenge. But I have to hurry up or risk forgetting what we did just this past October! Be prepared for a lot of pictures, for this post is loaded with them. So enjoy your favorite beverage as you scroll along… […]
This is the 4th of 6 installments covering our European river cruise: For Grand European River Cruise Part 1 click here For Grand European River Cruise Part 2 click here For Grand European River Cruise Part 3 click here Looking back at our itinerary I realized we stopped at 8 cities in Germany along the Danube, Main and Rhine rivers. […]
This is the third installment of our European river cruise: For Grand European River Cruise Part 1 click here For Grand European River Cruise Part 2 click here We left Budapest and headed for Vienna, the capital of Austria. During the cruise program director’s port overview, we were intrigued enough to purchase an optional tour, a classical concert in Vienna. […]
With our cruise running Oct 7-21, we maximized our first European visit by adding extra days to explore our embarkation city, Budapest. We were glad we did, since our 6AM connection in Amsterdam had been canceled due to bad weather and we lost the rest of the day waiting for another flight. Fortunately we had booked our air travel through Viking Cruises […]
We (Steve and Mona Liza) retired early at the beginning of 2012, sold our house and almost all of our belongings and moved into our RV. We are pursuing our dream of traveling the U.S. and Canada for several years and seeing everything and everyplace we can.
