When our friends Gunnar and Laurie invited us to join them on a Greek Island cruise with her sister Nicole and brother-in-law Tim, we didn’t hesitate. With just two months’ notice, we jumped at the chance. To our delight, another couple in our friend circle—John and Diane—also signed on for the adventure. Piraeus Greece If you’ve ever booked a cruise that starts or ends in Athens, you’ll know the actual port is in Piraeus, a [...]
Some friends invited us on a week-long Greek Island cruise, and when we looked at the cost of airfare, we immediately got the idea to pair the trip with an additional week plus in another European country. Portugal quickly rose as our choice and the plans fell into place. We ended up deciding to fly from home to Lisbon and then touring on our way to Porto for 4 nights. Then we'd transition back to [...]
Some friends invited us on a week-long Greek Island cruise, and when we looked at the cost of airfare, we immediately got the idea to pair the trip with an additional week plus in another European country. Portugal quickly rose as our choice and the plans fell into place. We ended up deciding to fly from home to Lisbon and then touring on our way to Porto for 4 nights. Then we'd transition back to [...]
Overview For years we heard a lot of good things about taking a river cruise in Europe. After sampling the river cruise experience for a few days in Egypt on the Nile in 2023, we decided to take the plunge and go all in with Viking's 23-day Cross Europe cruise called European Sojourn (their longest river cruise). Go big or go home as the saying goes! So, we even front-ended and back-ended this cruise starting [...]
Overview This post covers The Netherlands portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we leave Belgium. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other [...]
Overview This post covers the Belgium portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure after the Viking cruise has docked in Amsterdam after leaving Germany. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A [...]
Overview This post covers the German portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we leave Austria. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other [...]
Overview This post covers the Austrian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up as we leave Hungary. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other segments of [...]
Overview This post covers the Hungarian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we leave Croatia. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other [...]
Overview This post covers the Croatian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we leave Serbia. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other [...]
