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...

Ms Joy, battling a strong current, continued her way slowly up river to today’s destination – Bratislava, Slovakia. We arose early to...

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...

The 2009 Academy Award winning animated film, UP, is a fantasy, depicting an escape from life when circumstances become too...

After weighing anchor at 6:00 AM, we set on our way to our final destination, Bagan, the crown jewel city in Myanmar. It seemed that...

Compared to yesterday, today promised to be a much more relaxed day as we made our way to Bagan, the end point of our cruise.  Breakfast...

Today was a BIG day – a marathon of activities, dashing between venues, aided by our superfast running shoes! First up was the ancient...

Underway, we started our 100-mile leisurely cruise to Mandalay, with a short stop at Thabeitkyin along the way to see elephants deep in a...

We anchored after sunset last night. This morning, daylight revealed yet another colorful, beautiful day and the shoreline town of Katha...

Super Moon over Myanmar Today, November 14, 2016, is an important national holiday in Myanmar – the Tazaungdaing Festival (Festival of...

[NOTE: As you can tell, there’s been a looonnngg interval since my last posting of this trip.  While I wrote most of the text as we were...

This morning we are on our way to Katha, which has a population of about 70,000. Katha is the setting of George Orwell’s famous book,...

The shoreline doted with homes near the Tagaung village. As we approached the shore near our destination for the day, the Tagaung...