It was a spectacular sailing morning as we went through the Iron Gates and a narrow gorge before the Danube opens into a large artificial lake beyond. We still had Romania on the right bank until we got to Golubac in the afternoon. More importantly, it rained the previous evening so the daytime temperatures are lower […]

Another hot day!  We had a morning on the boat and then a trip around the town of Vidin in the afternoon to see a fortress combined with castle. The only castle in Bulgaria in fact.  Then it was back on the bus and off to see some rocks. We were not sure what that […]

It was Canada Day so many of the Canadians were in red. July 1 is also a big day for Bulgarians, many of whom travel to the Black Sea to be there for sunrise.  Our boat was heading away from the Black Sea!  The Danube is the border between Romania and Bulgaria so we essentially […]

After breakfast we all boarded buses for a guided tour of the northern part of Bucharest. It’s the leafy, wealthy part that includes the central administrative part as well as the older pre-Soviet buildings. Our guide was good but a bit hazy on some of the detail. What came through was the recency of the […]

We had a taxi booked for 8.15 and the driver was in reception when we went down. That’s the only good thing I can say about him. He was sullen, totally incapable of working out how to Jenga our bags into his enormous Tesla boot and refused any suggestions we had to offer. In the […]