Day: 21 September 2009
Budapest
‘Budapesht’, to use the correct Hungarian pronunciation, is the combination of two old towns – Buda and Pest. Buda is on the hilly northern side of the river and Pest is a flat city on the southern side. Cathy and Chris told us that we would like this place and they are […]
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The Danube
For the last four, or five days, we have been travelling along the Danube River. The first thing to tell you, is that it is not blue, if ever it was. We are now docked in Budapast, the capital of Hungary. The river here is about 300 metres wide and flowing quie fast on its […]
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Bratislava
Yesterday, we stopped for a little more than half a day in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. I’m getting a little ‘citied out’ now and this city started to meld with all of the others that we have visited. Every city has a cathedral, a market square and a town hall. The same obviopusly goes […]
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An Amazing Connection
We met up with Brian and Jean Hernen on our ship, a nice couple from Melbourne. Over a short conversation we found that they are very good friends of Bob and Marcie Whetstone, Some of Jill’s close circle of friends from her days at teacher’s college (Marcie, that is). What a small world to find […]
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Vienna
It would be very easy to get tired of seeing another city, but our visit to Vienna, the capital of Austria, was quite inspiring. In the morning, we did a city tour that took us to some of the main sites – the Hapsburg family winter palace and to the Opera House. It seems that […]
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