Category Rhine River Cruise

We decided to fly out of Newark airport for the best flight options. We flew British Airways business class through LHR to Amsterdam. We found the British Airways lounge at Mewark to be great. The staff was super friendly and…

We took an Uber from Amsterdam City center to the docking location of our ship which was in Zaandam. It was about 30 minutes out of the city center of Amsterdam. When we arrived at the pier we couldn’t see…

We were docked overnight in Zaandam and had only an afternoon excursion so we took a walk around the town. We were on a canal and there was loads of boat traffic, but that meant bridges that need to raise…

Today we traveled to Cologne Germany. The morning was sailing on canals leading to the Rhine river and then the afternoon was spent in Cologne, first on a guided bike ride and then just on our own seeing the Cathedral.…

We had a long sail through the Rhine River Gorge this morning, which was a collection of beautiful villages who each had their own castles or cathedrals. Every time you turned a corner there was another beautiful town. Villages along…

Today we are sailing towards Miltenberg where we will have some free time to enjoy the town. We arrived into port during lunch and as we were in the dining room finishing up, a gentleman had a medical issue and…

We took a tour of The Residence in Wurzburg which was built byPrince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz. It looked a lot like Versaille inside. The artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from Italy did several important frescos. The building was damaged in the…

We took a tour of Rothenburg in the morning that was included in the cruise. our guide Karl was very good and gave us the highlights of the town Rothenburg ob der Tauber meand Rothenburg on the Tauber which is…

We took a bus ride into the city of Bamberg and took a walking tour around the old part of the city. We walked through the streets of the old city and then up to the Bamberg Cathedral which was…

Today we took a bus ride about 40 minutes from our docking location in the city of Roth to Nuremburg. We had a very good guide who took us on a walking tour of the city and talked about the…

Today we woke up docked in Regensburg. We had a walking tour of the town which was nearby and just down the waterfront. Our quide was very slow and shared really random things around the city in a zig zag…

This morning they took our luggage and we departed the Avalon Expression ship as it can’t go any further than Regensburg due to low water levels. Our intended excursion to the Abbey by water was also cancelled for the same…

This morning we decided to skip our originally planned power walk in Melk for a visit to the Melk Abbey, which we’re so glad we did. The description of the Abbey from the Avalon website didn’t wound like much but…

Today we took a walking tour of Vienna. We got a bus into the old city center and walked around with a guide to see the sights. Rose garden in the city center Volksgarten Park Theseus Temple – buil tto…

As we sailed down the Danube towards Budapest we were treated to several castles, churches and bridges before reaching Budapest. Sights along the Danube Fishing boars along the Danube Sights along the Danube Sights along the Danube Sights along the…

We moved from our ship to the Intercontinental where we will spend out final night before heading to the hotel tomorrow. We left our luggage but where unable to check in yet becase the rooms weren’t ready so we decided…