Head East!

Map of our planned Danube River Cruise   

Maggie and I are getting ready to embark on our trip to Eastern Europe.  Bärbel and Heidi are staying home to hold down the fort.  I've read several books about traveling in Central Europe and along the Danube.  Lots of people have written about their travels up and down the (not so) Blue River.  We'll be going to Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Czech and (East) Germany.  I will probably try to compare this trip with one I made in 1985, when most of these places were behind the Iron Curtain; after a few days in Bucharest, Romania and Sophia, Bulgaria, went by train to Budapest, Hungary. 


Eames and Fermor 
A guy emulating Fermor

Rila Monastery Bulgaria 1985

Yeah, That's me on the left in Sofia Bulgaria 1985