Tue. June 9-Cruising the Danube: All day was spent on the
ship, on the water. They filled our time with presentations by the cruise
director, Alina, which one was free to attend or not. There was a short Port talk
telling the schedule for the next few days and telling us that when we reached
Serbia we would be reissued our passports and we needed to always have them
ready to show if we were asked when on shore. During the morning we heard a
presentation on "Romania, Bulgaria & the European Union" which
expanded on what we had heard from our local guides. It was followed by a Taste
of the Balkans on the sundeck with sausages, breads, mustard, pickled vegetables,
and a complimentary glass of beer. Before lunch we had a short introduction to
the Cyrillic Script alphabet that is used in various forms in the countries we
were visiting. Later in the afternoon we could attend a Galley tour with the
executive chef, Jozef. The Gala Dinner was preceded by the Captain's Cocktail Reception, where all cocktails and fancy appetizers were complimentary.
Finally, at 9:15, there was a short presentation on "Classical Music of
the Balkans", highlighting five composers, Franz Liszt and his Hungarian Rhapsody being the only one I knew. All day we were sailing past rolling forested Romania and Bulgarian countryside with very few villages along the
way. Near the end of the day, we crossed from Bulgaria to Serbia on our port
side, while Romania continued on the starboard.
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| Morning view from our Stateroom |
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| Ross,, Phyl and Peggy pass time on the deck |
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| A passing barge |
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| Looking down the l-o-n-g deck, but not even from the end of the stern |
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| Peggy, Pat, Ross, Sim, & Phyl enjoying the Captain's reception |
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| A Serbian town at dusk |
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| An interesting and very modern bridge |
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| Sunset on the Danube |
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