After a week’s worth of fun onboard Viking Atla on our Romantic Danube cruise, the time had come for our cruise to come an end in Budapest. While our journey started in Nuremberg (Erlangen to be exact) a few days before we boarded Viking Atla, we enjoyed the days we spent sailing along the Danube River in Germany, Austria, and… Read More
It’s day six onboard Viking Atla on our Romantic Danube river cruise and our first morning in Budapest, the capital and largest city in Hungary. Measuring just over 202 square miles, the unification of Buda on the west bank and Pest on the east bank occurred in 1873. Many consider Budapest to be the most beautiful… Read More
After nearly 24 hours in Vienna, the time came for Viking Atla to head toward Budapest and unfortunately, that meant for us the end of our cruise and time onboard. Although we wished we had more time to explore this great city, we were looking forward to our dinner on the Danube as we departed Vienna. We… Read More
Day 6 Onboard Viking Atla in Vienna, Austria Can you believe I had the opportunity to wake up in Vienna, Austria today? This is day 6 onboard Viking Atla in Vienna, Austria with Viking River Cruises. Just look at that skyline and sunrise. Amazing! If you’re standing along the Danube River, this might be the view… Read More
As we sailed down the Danube River from Melk to Vienna onboard Viking Atla on the fifth day of our river cruise, we prepared for our evening arrival into Vienna at around 6:30 pm. My first view of Vienna was one that looked like it was almost unreal and yet at the same time, a… Read More
After departing Melk, we started sailing along the Wachau Valley on Viking Atla toward Vienna. The stretch of the Danube between Krems and Melk is known as “the Wachau ” locally and is considered the loveliest part of the river. This could be why in December 2000 “Wachau Cultural Landscape” was entered in the UNESCO… Read More
On our fifth day onboard Viking Atla, Karla and I were excited about our next port of call was Melk, Austria, another great city located on the Danube. As soon as we docked, I was anxious to visit the must see destination in Melk, Austria’s famous Melk Abbey. Although I really wanted to walk up to the 900-year-old baroque… Read More
A Taste of Austria Ever notice that many of my posts revolve around food and drinks? If you guessed this one would be the same, you’re right! Nothing prepares you for a future cruise port than good food and drink and Viking River Cruises definitely knows how to do this well. On the fourth day of… Read More
After sailing along through the night over 115km, we woke up this morning to the beautiful city of Regensburg, Germany on my first river cruise on Viking Atla. You know you’re not back at home when you wake up and see a castle-like building outside your window, right? One of the best parts of a river… Read More
Day 2 of my Romantic Danube cruise onboard Viking Atla and Viking River Cruises wants you to start your day off right with the most important meal of the day – breakfast! There was the most abundant breakfast buffet laid out that included juices, pancakes, French toast, oatmeal, yogurt, fresh fruit, pastries, meat, and cheese as well as eggs… Read More