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Tag Archives: river cruise

10/30/201510/30/2015

How To Disembark A River Cruise In 4 Easy Steps

by Marian Krueger, in category Cruises, Hungary, Viking River Cruises
How To Disembark A River Cruise

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

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10/21/201502/26/2016

Most Beautiful Café in the World: New York Café Budapest

by Marian Krueger, in category Destinations, Dining, Hungary
New York Café Budapest

The world famous New York Café Budapest (New York Kávéház) is located on the Erzsébet körút section of the Grand Boulevard of Budapest and is considered one of the best and most beautiful cafés in the world. The building itself was originally constructed from 1892-94 as the Hungarian offices of the New York Life Insurance Company. The Italian… Read More

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10/19/201502/26/2016

Viking Atla: Day 1 Sightseeing in Budapest

by Marian Krueger, in category Cruises, Destinations, Hungary, Viking River Cruises
Sightseeing in Budapest

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

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10/15/201502/26/2016

Crazy Bobos? Fun Food Finds in Vienna, Austria

by Marian Krueger, in category Austria, Destinations, Shopping
Fun Food Finds in Vienna

If I’m traveling anywhere, I’m bound to pop into a grocery store or at the very least a convenience store, to learn about local foods.  Even though I was on a river cruise with Viking River Cruises, that didn’t stop me for pursuing one of my favorite activities as I was definitely on the hunt for… Read More

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10/14/201502/26/2016

Viking Atla: Dinner on the Danube Departing Vienna

by Marian Krueger, in category Austria, Cruises, Destinations, Dining, Viking River Cruises
Dinner on the Danube

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

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10/08/201510/08/2015

A Day of Sightseeing in Vienna

by Marian Krueger, in category Austria, Culture, Destinations
A Day of Sightseeing in Vienna

For day 6 of my Viking River Cruises “Romantic Danube” river cruise, we were going to spend another day in Austria.  You know what that means – a day of sightseeing in Vienna. So much to see and do in such a short time, but come along with me to visit some of the historic sights of… Read More

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10/08/201502/26/2016

Day 6 Onboard Viking Atla in Vienna, Austria

by Marian Krueger, in category Austria, Cruises, Destinations, Dining, Viking River Cruises

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

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10/05/2015

Sailing Along the Wachau Valley on Viking Atla

by Marian Krueger, in category Austria, Destinations, Viking River Cruises

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

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10/02/201510/14/2015

Melk Abbey: Visiting Austria’s Famous Abbey on the Danube

by Marian Krueger, in category Austria, Cruises, Destinations, Viking River Cruises

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

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09/29/201510/01/2015

Pretzels and Beer in Passau, Germany

by Marian Krueger, in category Destinations, Dining, Germany

Looks can often be deceiving and upon first inspection you might not even give this place a second look. But if you were visiting Passau for the first time, you’d be crazy not to visit Brauerei-Gaststätte Peschl-Terrasse. Located steps away from where our Viking Atla river cruise ship was docked while we were in Passau,… Read More

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