<\/a>Vienna at dusk. Photo \u00a9 2014 Aaron Saunders<\/p><\/div>\n
Although I didn’t dine onboard ship tonight, I have to point out something another guest told me, and said I could print here. He is gluten-intolerant, <\/strong>and he had nothing but fabulous things to say about the staff onboard the Emerald Star<\/em>, and how well they looked after his dietary needs. He stated that he and his wife had even brought a loaf of gluten-free bread from home to eat onboard – just in case – but they haven’t even needed to open the package. I think that speaks highly of how seriously Emerald takes dietary requirements, and certainly for this guest, that peace of mind has really enhanced his enjoyment of this cruise.<\/p>\nFinally, I want to close today\u2019s report with a quote from Sigmund Freud, who wrote the following about travel:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seemed to me beyond the realms of possibility that I should travel so far \u2013 that I should \u2018go such a long way\u2019.\u2019 <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nOf course, places are only \u2018such a long way\u2019 until you\u2019ve been there. Then, you hold them in your closest memories.<\/p>\n
<\/a>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":" Vienna By Day and Night with Emerald Cruises Aaron Saunders, Live Voyage Reports Emerald Cruises\u2019 Emerald Star sailed into Vienna this morning, marking our arrival to our third city and our third capital, not to mention our third UNESCO World Heritage Site on this trip. After breakfast, I began my day like I have every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5298,"parent":4839,"menu_order":3,"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\/5305"}],"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=5305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5305\/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=5305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | |