In November 2013, I went on my first European river cruise aboard the AmaWaterways Amacerto. We boarded the ship in Budapest, Hungary. It took us up the Danube to Melk and Vienna in Austria with a side trip to Salzburg, Linz, Passau, Regensburg, and Nurnberg in Germany, and ended with a bus ride to Prague in the Czech Republic. To say that I love this way of traveling would be … [Read more...]
The Alluring City of Prague, Czech Republic Photo Gallery
Prague, in the Czech Republic, was our last destination on our AmaWaterways Christmas Markets river cruise on the Danube. I was sorry that we didn't book more than the 2 days there, but it turned out I had to fly out quickly for a family emergency. Prague is a city of Gothic arcades, Renaissance windows, Rococo cherubs, and Art Nouveau sylphs. It's eclectic and fascinating. I … [Read more...]
Cruise on the Danube to Festive Regensburg and Nürnberg in Germany
While we were on an AmaWaterways river cruise, we breezed quickly through Germany but I managed to take a few noteworthy photos. We were traveling during the holidays and the theme of our cruise was the Christmas Markets. As you can imagine, there's is nowhere that captures Christmas festivity quite like Germany. We stopped briefly in several German villages but the two main … [Read more...]
The Beautiful Cities of Buda and Pest – Budapest Photos
In November 2013, Doug and I began an AmaWaterways river cruise on the Danube starting in Budapest, Hungary. We had just flown in from Poland the day before where we had visited Bydgoszcz, Warsaw, and Krakow. Read other posts from this trip: Poland Travel Photo Gallery Austria Travel Photo Gallery Germany Travel Photo Gallery The Czech Republic Travel Photo … [Read more...]
A Day in Lisbon, Portugal and a Yummy Pastéis de Nata Recipe
One of the ports we stopped off in on our Mediterranean cruise was Lisbon, Portugal. It was a short day excursion but while we were there, we tasted one of Portugal's specialty desserts - Pastéis de Nata - custard tarts. My life was forever changed. I'm not a huge dessert eater but I could have eaten them all day long. It inspired me to create the recipe at the bottom of this … [Read more...]
