In Passau, on the River Beatrice
We left Prague early this morning, when our driver, Lenka, arrived in a drizzly rain to transfer us to Passau, with a stop in Cesky Krumlov, which deserves an entry of it's own (as does our last day in Prague yesterday so I see where I am already behind, sigh). This is just a brief dropby if you while, since we found out at our welcome reception that as expected the wifi will be spotty along the river and that the Facebook access is blocked to allow more travelers to access the wifi. So my "postcarding" will be on hiatus until Budapest I am thinking, and I will miss my FB friends, too.
I know that the river cruise experience is going to be wonderful. The ship, registered to Uniworld, is elegantly appointed, and with only 143 passengers (out of a 180 max) there will be no crowded feeling. There are Amerians, Brits, Canadians, a family from Hong Kong and I think a few Aussies aboard. Many are an older demographic, who knew we might feel young at our ages. There will be many excursions when docked, and definitely time just sailing the Danube. We are docked in Passau. Germany; tomorrow we will have a morning walking tour, before sailing off on the river. Tuesday our option is a bus trip to Salzburg. And after our noisy nights in Prague (fyi the hotel discounted our rooms for the inconvenience of the scaffolding and loss of double windows), I am really forward to the quietness that is our cabin.







