Budapest tour, cruise to Vienna

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Budapest highlights then start the 23 hour cruise to Vienna.

At 2,600km, the Danube is the second longest river in Europe (after the Volta). It's quite shallow and typically there's only 1.5 m of water under our keel. Before the snow melt, it's too shallow for the cruise ships in Jan and Feb. The smallest locks (69 of them on our cruise) are 12m wide, leaving very little space either side of the 11.45m wide boat.

Tomorrow I'll add some pics of the boat.

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Photos

National Opera
Very ornate and beautiful.

Opera Box
Four or five loose chairs, and the small divan pictured.

Hero's Square
There was a Sunday protest going on. Transylvania was excised from Hungary and given to Romania after the war. The Transylvanians feel oppressed and want to rejoin Hungary.

Castle Hill in Buda
Here Matthais Church, the Fisherman's Bastion and the Royal Palace adorn a hilltop overlooking the city.

Matthais Church
Closed for Sunday worship but very impressive.

Fisherman's Bastion
Unusual architecture in front of the church. Nothing marvellous in the name.
Where's Robyn?

City view
Hazy day, but still warm. Our Cruise Director keeps banging on about how lucky we are with the weather.
Buda is on the hilly side of the Danube, Pest the flats.

Comments

[Vera]

Great pics of the church, still lots of tourists about. Enjoy .

[Morag]

Great stuff this blogging. Enjoying reading your captions and absorbing the photos. Fancy this sort of cruising in preference to the big cruise ships and look forward to happy snaps of your cabin.