EuropeanSojourn2017

Today was used for exploring Bucharest. Almost the entire day was spent in the Old Bucharest town. As you look at the slides you will see several churches – all are Orthodox churches so you will see similarities with all of them but different decors. Many are under renovation and a couple are in really […]

This is the final day of the cruise. We disembark for a bus tour of Bucharest. The bus took us through Bucharest to the Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum. This is an ethnographic museum showing houses of the different times and places in Romania – very well done showing simple houses, churches, how the people […]

Today was the tour was of Rousse – we did not go. Instead went to Veliko Tarnovo and Arbanasi towns. These were two really neat places in Bulgaria. Stopped at a town on the way to have refreshments at a hotel then continue on to Veliko Tarnovo which is the second capital of the Second […]

Today was a trip to see the Belogradchik Fortress and Rocks at Belogradchik. Most of the fortress has disappeared but the main walls were, mostly, still there. What was impressive are the Rocks. Stunning rock formations made of sandstone in many different weird shapes. As expected many of them have various legends tied to the […]

Today  it rained from 1100 all day to this evening which was fine as we were cruising all day. We are now in Romania. Things going well with about four days left. The Iron Gate is the largest lock and dam on the Danube – so nothing spectacular. We did go to a really neat castle […]