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Tag: Danube Symphony tour

  • In quest for Spargel and Dunkel brau in Munich, Germany

    White asparagus, to you peasants After five days floating up the Danube River from Vienna aboard the Avalon Impression river boat, our final two days in Munich started to seem anti-climactic. (Part #1 and Part #2.) Our Vicki McKenna/Fox Travel tour was off the water and in a big city hotel, albeit the upper echelon…

  • Floating up the Danube River through history, Part #2

    How did the Swedes get here without river locks? We’re back on board the Avalon Impression river boat on our way west over the Danube River. We signed up for Vicki McKenna’s “Danube Symphony” tour, five days on water, two more nights in Munich. (See Part #1 of this travelogue.) The greatest pleasure was simply sitting…