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
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
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
There’s a first time for everything and I was definitely excited about taking my first ever river cruise with Viking River Cruises. I had my previous ocean cruise experiences to draw from, but would river cruising be different? The next seven days would be an adventure and a way to figure all of that out.… Read More
Video Tour of Cabin 321 on Viking Atla Let’s take video tour of Cabin 321 on Viking Atla! While I cruised on my Romantic Danube river cruise, I stayed in a Veranda Stateroom (A). The cabin had an abundance of storage, comfortable beds and soft bedding, great views through the floor to ceiling sliding glass doors, and… Read More
Why River Cruising Works Every time I take a cruise, there’s always so much excitement about what I might experience, people I will meet, and new places where I will travel. But every cruise is different and after 30 cruises, I can honestly say that I was starting to feel burnt out. There was a whole… Read More
Within minutes of boarding Viking Atla, I was on my way to cabin 321. Viking Atla is one of the many ships Viking River Cruises has sailing in Europe and would be my home for the next week while on my Romantic Danube river cruise. Viking Atla is one of the longships that Viking River Cruises… Read More
