Vienna and Danube River Birthday Cruise 2025
For my last birthday, John and I took a river cruise on the Danube, round-trip from Vienna, with 3 days in Vienna, pre-boarding. The cruise went to Budapest, Bratislava, Melk, and Linz, including a sail through the beautiful Wachau Valley. Last year, I took a Danube cruise with my cousin Gerlyn to celebrate our 60th birthdays. Some of the places on this trip were repeats, but they were all places that I was happy to re-visit for additional exploration. There were also new places - additional stops in Austria, as well as my first visit to Slovakia. (For this blog, when I share something that I wrote about more in-depth in last year's blog, I will place a * to indicate that you can go to the link <above> for the previous blog for more information, if you're interested). Our trip started off rocky when we almost missed our flight from Palermo because of unexpected construction and traffic. They were making the last call as we approached the gate, and we only made that bec...