<\/a>Sailing out of the storm and into the evening aboard Emerald Star. Photo \u00a9 2014 Aaron Saunders<\/p><\/div>\n
It\u2019s a different story here aboard Emerald Star<\/em>. Last night was an epic <\/em>passenger turnout for the first day of a cruise, and tonight \u2013 as I write this at nearly 10:30 pm \u2013 the Horizon Lounge is still packed with folks who are far more alert than I am. Everyone is drinking wine, beer and spirits and watching the final World Cup Soccer match between Germany and Argentina. Of course, when Germany won, there was much cheering and yelling, depending on which team you were rooting for.<\/p>\nHere onboard the Emerald Star<\/em>, everyone is having fun \u2013 as they should be. It\u2019s exciting to see people from around the world bonding over a single experience \u2013 and quite the thrill to be here in Europe, travelling with guests from Australia, Canada, the United States and the UK, and watching a soccer match happening in South America. I don\u2019t know the first thing about World Cup Soccer, but I do know this: this has been one great evening here on the Danube.<\/p>\n<\/a>Evening turndown service. Photo \u00a9 2014 Aaron Saunders<\/p><\/div>\n
Emerald Cruises, Budapest to Nuremberg<\/h2>\n\n
\n\n\n\tDAY<\/B><\/td> | PORT<\/B><\/td> | ACTIVITIES<\/B><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tSaturday, July 12, 2014<\/a><\/td> | Budapest, Hungary<\/td> | Embark Emerald Cruises' Emerald Star<\/i> in Budapest; Welcome Aboard Dinner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tSunday, July 13<\/a><\/td> | Budapest, Hungary<\/td> | Guided tour of Budapest including Fisherman's Bastion and Castle Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n\tMonday, July 14<\/a><\/td> | Bratislava, Slovakia<\/td> | Old Town walking tour; EmeraldPlus excursion for tea with a local Slovakian family<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n\tTuesday, July 15<\/a><\/td> | Vienna, Austria<\/td> | Panoramic \"Ringstrasse\" tour of Vienna; free time and optional Schonbrunn Palace Tour and Viennese concert. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n\tWednesday, July 16<\/a><\/td> | Vienna \/ Durnstein \/ Melk, Austria<\/td> | Guided tour of Melk Abbey; guided tour of Durnstein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n\tThursday, July 17<\/a><\/td> | Linz, Austria \/ Passau, Germany<\/td> | Walking tours & free time in Linz and Passau; Optional full-day tour to Salzburg, Austria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n\tFriday, July 18<\/a><\/td> | Regensburg \/ Weltenburg, Germany<\/td> | Guided tours of Regensburg & Weltenburg Abbey; optional traditional Bavarian entertainment excursion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n\tSaturday, July 19<\/a><\/td> | Nuremberg, Germany<\/td> | Disembark & onward journey home.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emerald Star Sets Sail Along the Danube Aaron Saunders, Live Voyage Reports I awoke just before seven this morning aboard Emerald Cruises\u2019 Emerald Star, fully recovered from the lingering jetlag of last night. The verdict on the bed in my Panorama Balcony Suite: between the comfortable mattress, the soft pillows and the inviting European duvets, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5298,"parent":4839,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5301\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | |