The romantic Danube River rises in Germany’s Black Forest and flows through or along the borders of 10 countries. On our Danube River cruise we sailed or stopped in spectacular cities like Prague, Passau, Regensburg, Salzburg, Durnstein, Grein, Mautern, and Vienna, and Budapest. We boarded the river cruise hosted by Amawaterways in Prague Germany and traveled down to Vienna Austria, then by van to Budapest Hungary.
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Docked at Grein, Austria |
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| Map of AmaWaterways Romantic Danube River Cruise |
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St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic
The current church building was originally built as the abbey church of Saint-Ouen for the Benedictine Order, beginning in 1318 and interrupted by the Hundred Years' War and sacked and badly damaged during the Harelle. |
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| The cathedral was completed in the 15th century in the Flamboyant style. |
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| The Prague Astronomical Clock, was installed in 1410, which for 600 years has been one of the greatest treasures of Prague. It still amazes people with its procession of Apostles, moving statues and visualization of time like no other instrument in the world. |
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| Two Main Dials: Features an upper astronomical dial showing the positions of the Sun and Moon, and a lower calendar dial with zodiac medallions. |
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| The Inn River that rushes by Passau and mixes with the Danube. The water was light blue and rushing very quickly. When it flows into the Danube it takes miles to mix the two waters together. |
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St. Stephen's Cathedral in Passau, Germany
Fire destroyed the church in 1662 and work to rebuild the cathedral started in 1668. It only took 25 years to rebuild the church. Today it houses the largest organ in the world housing 17,974 pipes. |
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| St. Stephen's Cathedral |
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Historic Flood Marker in Passau's Old Town
Markings on the wall show the height of the largest floods |
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Passau, Germany
Along the riverbank with a prominent church tower of the Parish Church of St. Gertrude |
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Salzburg Austria
Salzburger Dom in historic Old Town |
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The Gardens of Mirabell Palace in Salzburg, Austria
Featuring the distinct symmetrical flower beds and manicured hedges |
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| Enjoying all that we are able |
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Frauenberg Church
14th Century overlooking the Danube |
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Town of Durnstein
In the Wachau Valley |
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| Paul, Vickie, and Tam in the House of Strauss |
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Power of the Sea
On the corner of the Hofburg Palace |
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Paul, Vickie, Tam and Bob
St. Michael's Gate at the Hofburg Palace |
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Hitler's Balcony
March 15th, 1938 is the day Hitler proclaimed the annexation of Austria with Germany from this balcony. |
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| Vickie waving to us, while we wait on a bus that never came, as she takes an air conditioned ride back to the ship. |
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Anchor Clock
Clock built for the Anchor Insurance Co. Contains twelve figures that slowly move across the face each noon. The clock shows from birth to death. |
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St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna Austria
The mosaic roof features more that 230,000 colorful tiles above the gothic facade. |
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Shoes on the Danube Bank in Budapest, Hungary
It honors the thousands of Jewish victims who were ordered to remove their shoes before being shot into the river by the Arrow Cross Party during WWII. |
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Electric Tram in Budapest, Hungary
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Hungarian Parliament Building on the Danube River
Constructed between 1885 and 1904 as a monumental symbol of national sovereignty.
Built by 100,000 workers with 40 million bricks and 40 kilograms of pure gold (over $5 million today). |
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