The day began with an hour drive to the fortress at Terezìn, located northwest of Prague.  It was built between 1780 and 1790, by Maria...

Vida, our guide from Guide-By-Locals, met us at the hotel for a walking tour of historically important locations, with an emphasis on the...

Our plan is to explore and enjoy Prague for three days. Today’s focus was a walk through Old Town in the morning, then cross the Vltava...

Hallo und Auf Wiedersehen Regensburg – Ahoj Prague! This morning we disembarked the Ms Joy in Vilsohofen, Germany, and started on our way...

This morning we found ourselves anchored at the sleepy little village of Engelhartszell. This is our final stop in Austria as we continue...

Our ship tied up early this morning in Linz, the third largest city in Austria with a quarter of a million people. Hitler spent his early...

Arising this morning we discovered we had tied up early this morning to a pier near the medieval village of Dürnstein with a population...

Today’s agenda started with a visit to Maria Theresa’s modest 1,441 room summer palace, the Schönbrunn Palace – which was originally the...

Continuing our journey upstream on the Danube, we departed Slovakia and entered the northern part of Austria.  Our first stop was the...

Today was an exciting day as we changed venue from our hotel room to our shipboard suite on the Ms. Joy  to begin our meandering upstream...

On our first day in Budapest, we ran out of time before we could visit the Kazinczy Street Orthodox Jewish Synagogue and see the contrast...

Today was a great day, exploring and learning about life during the communist era – the weather and temperature were perfect.  Our guide,...

This morning we met with our local guide, Anni.  Anni is 68 years old, Jewish, and has lived her whole life in Budapest. She came highly...

The Swiss Air flight to Budapest via Zurich was pleasant but fell short on comfort.  While we found the service exceptional, our ‘lay...

Just as dawn brings light to what is around us, the light of time, just two weeks out, begins to illuminate this impending adventure...