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Current & Past Trips!
Please note: the blog posts are in reverse chronological order. If you want to read from the start of the trip to the finish, scroll to the bottom post and read your way up to the most recent.
A Day of Reflection
We have enjoyed so many of the beautiful aspects of Bavaria on this trip. The joys of the holidays are celebrated by locals across every...
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Dec 18, 2022
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Sights and Sounds of Munich
After a lovely breakfast at our hotel (I will not soon forget these little pretzels served with breakfast – YUM)… …we headed back to...
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Dec 17, 2022
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Schönes München!
After disembarking from the ship on Friday morning, we ventured back to Nuremberg for a final stroll from the castle down to the city...
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Dec 16, 2022
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Our final Danube destination, Nuremberg!
Most of our actual cruising on the Danube has been at night. However, we had several hours this morning to watch the scenery roll by as...
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Dec 15, 2022
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Beautiful Regensburg!
After sleeping in, we awoke to the good news that our vessel had indeed made it to Regensburg as planned. We decided to skip the morning...
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Dec 15, 2022
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Even the best laid plans…
Our Tuesday started out on track with a bus trip from our rescheduled port of Deggendorf to our originally scheduled stop in Passau. We...
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Dec 14, 2022
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Schönes Salzburg!
Our next stop on the Danube was in Linz, Austria. While there was an early-departure bus tour to Salzburg (two hours, both ways), we...
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Dec 13, 2022
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Guten Morgan, Emmersdorf!
We awoke this morning in Emmersdorf to a light snow gently falling along the Danube. We disembarked and headed a short distance to the...
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Dec 11, 2022
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Our Last Day in Vienna
We ventured out of the main city center today to visit Schönbrunn Palace, the summer home of the Habsburgs built in the early 1700s and...
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Dec 10, 2022
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Vienna, Day 2
We started our day with another incredible breakfast at Clementine’s in the Palais Coburg. If you make it to Vienna, add this hotel to...
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Dec 10, 2022
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Guten Tag, Austria!
The next edition of the Extreme Empty Nesting travel blog is coming to you from lovely Vienna, Austria! After a very long day/night/day...
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Dec 8, 2022
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