Author: Neil

We enter Slovakia overnight. After breakfast we get some laps in around the deck. It’s funny that Viking tells us we must walk […]

There were two princesses, one called Elisabeth and the other Margaret. This is a case of royal parallelism, I’m not talking about […]

Eight years ago we had five days in Budapest after a cruise, and enjoyed every moment. Now we’re back for a couple […]

We’ve changed country again overnight. Today and for the next three we are in Hungary. Chef is watering his herbs as we […]

It is not a coincidence that, as we sit on a pair of railway sleepers enjoying our packed lunch, our current home, […]

Our third and final day in Serbia is in the country’s second city, Novi Sad. It is quite small, around ¼ million inhabitants, […]

Our guide today, Lily, is an absolute hoot, we are in stitches with her wonderful humour interspersed with mischievous observations. No-one is […]

Our morning is spent scenic cruising. This morning we pass through the area which contains the narrowest part of the river, where […]

As we gently sail into Vidin this morning, the heavens open, complete with thunder and lightning, but it is expected to stop […]

We start our day by driving to the Epope of Pleven (or panorama) a war museum about the 1877 liberation of Bulgaria […]