Mother’s Day in Argentina. My children did not get the memo! We slept late and almost missed breakfast which goes from 7.30-10.30 (it’s included with the room). It was not so warm. We did some hand washing and could peg it out on the chairs on the terrace. I tried option 1of the 3 breakfast […]
Buenos Aires Day 2: 19th October
We found that we could watch the All Blacks Ireland game on TV but only with Spanish commentary. Mike managed to get connected to Spark Sport through his iPad and it had good connection but played 5 minutes behind the tv on the screen. I turned down the volume and got to watch in advance […]
To Buenos Aires 18th October 2019
We dropped Casper at the Metropaws LuxuryLodge for cats and got to Auckland Aiport in good time. I had booked a space in park E and managed to almost get lost finding the car park and then finding a space. Eventually got sorted and checked in ok. We spent about an hour in the Koru […]
Friday 10th May: Budapest and home
We had to be out of our rooms by 9am but the boat was happy to store our bags until our pickup at 3pm for our flight to Frankfurt and the Auckland via Singapore. It was a nice day and warmer so we were happy to walk across the road into town and walk through […]
Thursday 9th May: Budapest
We were supposed to be up and breakfasted for a scenic sail (with commentary from Bram) into Budapest. However there were 2 problems with that. Firstly it was both cold and rainy. Secondly we didn’t arrive when we were supposed to. Evidently we were held up at a lock for 2 hours overnight and then […]
Wednesday 8th May: Vienna and Bratislava
We had opted for the afternoon trip to Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, so our group had an early departure from the boat for our guided city tour of Vienna. It was a fine though chilly morning and we set off in our bus for a tour around Vienna’s prestigious Ring Road and then for a […]
Tuesday 7th May: Melk
We awoke to a sunny and crisp morning and opted to walk into Melk. We were advised that it would take half an hour and should leave at 9am before the buses. We figured it was likely to take 20 minutes and left at 9.10am with a warning that we’d have to hurry. We didn’t. […]
Monday 6th May: Salzburg Austria
Today we leave Germany and head to Austria. When we awoke we were moored in Passau, Germany but the 3 of us had booked an optional excursion to Salzburg. It was a Sound of Music themed trip but there was also plenty of information about Mozart and the city itself. Again it was bitterly cold. […]
Sunday 5th May: Regensburg and Weltenburg Abbey
We had a late night at the disco evening so the relatively early rise for our optional tour up the Danube Gorge to Weltenburg Abbey was tough. It is also freezing cold, as in a maximum of 7C cold. We are moored in a busy dock on the Danube River (out of the canal now) […]
Saturday 4th May: Nuremberg
We awoke to find we were moored in a very pretty part of the canal near the town of Roth. There were 3 optional morning trips today: into the historic and picturesque town of Roth; to Nuremberg city centre; and to the Nazi rally grounds and court of justice outside Nuremberg. We chose to go […]
Friday 3rd May: Bamberg
Thankfully I had a decent sleep and the drops and pills seem to be managing the sore throat ok. We have left the Main river and are travelling through the Main-Danube canal, so many, many locks! This morning we had a short bus ride to Bamberg, which as it’s name suggests, is built over a […]
Thursday 2nd May: Rothenburg and Volkach
I woke with a very sore throat. Actually I didn’t sleep because of it so didn’t really wake. I’ve had water in my ears since Amsterdam (the shower was really high) and that may have something to do with it. Our morning visit was to Rothenburg which is a very quaint walled town with perimeters […]