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A Happy Bamberg Beer Experience

February 12, 2014 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Drinking Rauchbier on the Bamberg Beer Experience Tour

WITH NINE BREWERIES PRODUCING FIFTY TYPES OF BEERS, BAMBERG IS INDEED A BEER CITY: Bamberg is a town that’s famous for its breweries. There are nine breweries in this small town producing some fifty different beers, including its specialty rauchbier, a smoked beer with a characteristic taste. So, when our river boat called at Bamberg, […]

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Uniworld River Princess – Cruising on the Princess

February 9, 2014 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Uniworld River Princess

RIVERBOAT REVIEW: OUR 18-DAY VIENNA TO PARIS RIVER CRUISE ON UNIWORLD’S RIVER PRINCESS: Our Uniworld Vienna to Paris River Cruise in June 2013 was on the River Princess. This cruise started from Vienna, but due to the severe flooding of the Danube, the River Princess was not able to make it back to Vienna in […]

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Uniworld River Duchess – Our stay with the Duchess

February 8, 2014 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Holland-Belgium River cruis

A Short Stay on Uniworld’s River Duchess Gave Us an Insight into this Boutique Riverboat: On our Uniworld Vienna to Paris River Cruise in June 2013, the River Duchess served as our floating hotel for the two nights that we were in Vienna. Our riverboat for this cruise was the River Princess, but because of […]

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Bernkastel-Kues Sightseeing on a Moselle River Cruise

September 6, 2013 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Bernkastel Marktplatz, the mediaeval market square

Bernkastel-Kues – A Most Charming Town on the Moselle River: RIVER CRUISE GUIDE: BERNKASTEL-KUES Bank (Mosel) East&West Area 23.66 km2 Altitude 110m Population 6516 PARIS & THE HEART OF EUROPE – UNIWORLD RIVER CRUISE – DAY 14: Medieval Bernkastel-Kues, with its narrow streets, historic half-timbered buildings, quaint shops and rustic wine taverns, has attractions to […]

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Wine-tasting at the Aristocratic House of Löwenstein

September 4, 2013 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Fürst Löwenstein Wine-tasting at Schloss Kleinheubach

Fürst Löwenstein Wine-tasting at Schloss Kleinheubach : PARIS & THE HEART OF EUROPE – UNIWORLD RIVER CRUISE – DAY 11: Our brief walking tour of Miltenberg this morning was not too enjoyable. After a brilliant day of sunshine in Würzburg yesterday, our luck ran out in Miltenberg and it rained when we were doing our sightseeing tour. […]

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Marksburg – A Hilltop Medieval Castle Along the Rhine

August 27, 2013 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Marksburg

Marksburg Castle – the Only Hilltop Rhine Castle that’s Never Been Destroyed: Paris & The Heart of Europe – Uniworld River Cruise – Day 13: The castles along the Rhine are a very special sight and they usually bring on the greatest excitement whenever river boats arrive at this very scenic region of the Middle […]

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Trier Sightseeing on a Mosel River Cruise

August 20, 2013 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Trier Roman City Gate

As One of the Oldest Cities in Germany Trier Has Many Interesting Attractions for Visitors: RIVER CRUISE GUIDE – TRIER Bank (Mosel) East Area 117 km2 Altitude 125-396m Population 108,000 PARIS & THE HEART OF EUROPE – UNIWORLD RIVER CRUISE – DAY 15: Trier was one of the reasons for choosing our Vienna to Paris […]

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Veste Oberhaus – Fortress of the Passau’s Prince-Bishops

August 18, 2013 By Helen Page 2 Comments

Oberhaus fortress

THE VESTE OBERHAUS LOOKOUT IN PASSAU, A POPULAR STOP ON A DANUBE RIVER CRUISE: Paris & The Heart of Europe – Uniworld River Cruise – Day 5: Knowing that we are always on the lookout for photo opportunities, Jana, our ship’s purser suggested that we walk up to Veste Oberhaus for panoramic views of Passau […]

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Passau Sightseeing on a Danube River Cruise

August 17, 2013 By Helen Page 2 Comments

Passau Attractions

Passau, the City of Three Rivers, Is a Popular Stop on Danube River Cruises: RIVER CRUISE GUIDE – PASSAU Bank (Danube) Right/Left Area 69.58 km2 Altitude 290m/951ft Population 50,000 PARIS & THE HEART OF EUROPE – UNIWORLD RIVER CRUISE – DAY 5: Passau was a destination that we were very much looking forward to visiting […]

Filed Under: Featured, Sightseeing Tagged With: danube river cruise, Passau, passau attractions, passau sightseeing, things to do in passau

Cruise Embarkation – What Happens on Embarkation Day?

August 12, 2013 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Uniworld River Duchess

ARRIVING IN VIENNA AND BOARDING OUR RIVER BOAT – BOARDING PROCEDURE: Paris and The Heart of Europe – Uniworld River Cruise – Day 1: In spite of having done a few river cruises, and any other cruises for that matter, embarkation day always causes little jitters.  Will our booked airport transfer be there when we arrive, […]

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