3/27 Bucharest Airport 11 am. One hour to departure. Romanian customs just confiscated a beautiful bottle of slivovitz (plum brandy) I’d picked up for a friend back home. Insisted it exceeded allowable limit by a few ml. They threw it in the trash! I suspect somebody(s) in Bucharest got a treat that evening. Grey skies.ContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 13: Homecoming”
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Lyndie’s Journal, Part 12: Romania
Viking Ullur. Source: Lyndie Duff Romania! Farewell Danube! Farewell Ullur! Came close to tears parting from three of our ship’s crew members: Predrag, gallant Desk Man in charge: Young, handsome, helpful and Serbian! Helped unstintingly to call Lois for me from ship’s phone! Alexandra: Bosnian Serb, short, chunky, unfailingly efficient and cheerful. Her birthday wasContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 12: Romania”
9. Preparing for a Pilgrimage in Putin’s Shadow
Soon the fun part will begin in earnest, as Lyndie packs her one small suitcase and attaches the bright-red luggage tag she has received from Viking River Cruises. (She never checks a bag when she travels.) Her other preparations began long ago. She “officially launched” her homework program for travels to Eastern Europe on OctoberContinueContinue reading “9. Preparing for a Pilgrimage in Putin’s Shadow”
1. Where I Imagine What Might Have Been
Although this is about Lyndie’s journey, in a sense it starts with me, so that is where we will begin. My husband and I had planned something very special for our 50th anniversary: A Viking River Cruise along the Danube from Budapest to Bucharest, traveling through Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania – a regionContinueContinue reading “1. Where I Imagine What Might Have Been”
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