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
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
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
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
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
Visiting Regensburg While on a River Cruise While on my recent Romantic Danube river cruise on Viking Atla with Viking River Cruises, I had a chance to visit several new cities including Regensburg, Germany. The second I stepped off the ship, I knew I was somewhere special. I felt like we arrived at a fairytale… Read More
