Where Is Safarigal?
Day 2
July 4th, 2026 New York Today is the day! At 6:00 AM we left Brooklyn and moved to the Hudson River to position ourselves to watch the tall Ships parade. We weren’t the only ship on the move, the US navy aircraft carrier, the Nimitz, was also on the move and…
Day 1
July 3rd, 2026 New York It was a HOT day in New York. We got up early so we could visit the nearest CVS pharmacy to purchase items that had somehow been missed getting packed a few days ago. I love the food from New York food trucks, but it was too early for hot dogs,…
Prologue
Since returning from our great Danube cruise last summer, we have had the joy of sailing on 5 Seabourn cruises – 2 in New England and Canada, 2 in French Polynesia, and one repositioning from Barcelona to Puerto Rico. They were all really wonderful, but something was…
Viking Gullvieg Day 8
London July 26th, 2025 It seems like we had just gone to bed, and then it was time to wake up and get ready for our taxi at 4:45. It was already feeling strange that we didn’t have any arrangements to meet up with our family for breakfast. They would have to eat…
Viking Gullvieg Day 7
Budapest, Hungary July 25th, 2025 Kane had said that we should all be up bright and early not to miss the beauty of us sailing in to Budapest. We must have been in a hurry as we sped past an Amawaterways ship. At first it just looked like we were sailing through…
Viking Gullvieg Day 6
Bratislava, Slovakia July 24th, 2025 We had stayed overnight in Vienna. The rest of the family had decided to spend another day sightseeing in Vienna, while Brian and I decided it was time to experience a new country, so off we went to Bratislava, in Slovakia. Our…
Viking Gullvieg Day 5
Vienna, Austria July 23rd, 2025 Our first full day in Vienna. I must say, the weather didn’t look too great from our cabin when we went to breakfast. Our tour today was “Panoramic Vienna” a combination on sightseeing by coach and a walking tour. I do prefer just doing…
Viking Gullweig Day 4
Wachau Valley July 22nd, 2025 There was the great green Danube outside our window this morning. Yay! No other boat was alongside. That was probably because we were sailing down river for a scenic cruise through the Wachau Valley. We were due to arrive in Melk, the…
Viking Gullvieg Day 3
Passau, Germany July 21st, 2025 When I looked out of our cabin this morning I thought I was looking at a mirror. I was looking straight at our cabin. All very weird. Then I remembered from our Rhine cruise that sometimes the boats have to tie up alongside if there…
Viking Gullvieg Day 2
Regensburg July 20th, 2025 Well, the mattresses are not as wonderful as the Cunard ones, but after all of the walking yesterday I was exhausted and slept well anyway. Our tour today was Historic Regensburg and Jewish Heritage. The great thing about Regensburg is that…
Viking Gullvieg Day 1
Regensburg July 19th, 2025 After 2 wonderful days in London, we flew to Munich and took the train to Regensburg. I had been anxious about coping with all of our luggage on the train, but after a bit of confusion we were able to find the correct train, get our luggage…
Queen Mary 2 Day 15
Southampton July 15th, 2025 When we got up this morning, we were clearly not in Southampton yet. During breakfast we continued to watch us slowly make our way up the Solent. It was pretty to watch, we have always slept through this part of a crossing previously, and…
