August 2023 (European River Cruise, back to Melbourne and a mini trip to Sydney)
Euro Adventure Chapter 5 – Viking River Cruise : The Viking River Cruise was 18 July to 1 August so I really should have discussed it in July but, honestly, I didn’t have enough time to write!! The trip was called “The Grand European” and it was two weeks from Budapest to Amsterdam via the Danube, Main and Rhine Rivers. It was our treat to ourselves for our 30th wedding anniversary but we delayed it a year as the Covid restrictions last year were too tough. We were very much looking forward to unpacking properly and once after being on the go for 5 weeks. We were also looking forward to some luxury. We were rewarded with all of this but we did have to pack and unpack once mid journey as we swapped from the Viking Gefjon to the Viking Ve. This was because the water level in the Main Danube canal was too low. Who knew that this happened??? We didn’t but it was actually the third trip in a row for the Gefjon where this had happened. It was a small inconvenience and the logistics wer...