Today, Tuesday was a travel day.
We left Budapest at 9:41 am by train and arrived in Bratislava about 12:30 pm. We caught a really nice boat (we had front two rows) to Vienna about 4:00 pm and arrived about 6:00 pm. We dumped our stuff and went out on the town until about 9:00 pm and arrived back to the hotel exhausted.
The temperature is becoming more and more fall like. We are also seeing a lot of Golden leaves.
On the train. We met some Aussies that were going to Prague, and had a nice conversation. They were traveling for about 30 days. Did you know that people in different countries often are on vacation for 4-5-6 weeks at a time? Their vacation time is structured differently from ours.
On the boat.
Gerard at the front of the boat. Nice pic taken by some Japanese friends.
We saw these neat shanties along the Danube River. The top picture is at a distance and the second is zoomed in. They are fishing cabins, or shacks. Notice the water drum on the second photo. I would think we saw about 100 of these tiny buildings.
This is a castle wall, with the castle pretty much in ruins. We also passed by the wall that separated Slovakia from Austria. It was not in good repai either, but with the EU they are probably good with the wall falling down.
A great day was had by all. Three got ice cream after a fish dinner. It was some of the best ice cream ever eaten. Maria and Gerard may still be out exploring. We can’t keep up with them. Most of our days have started about 9:30 am and that seems to work well for us.
we just have one more week and this marvelous trip comes to an end. Thanks for reading today.