AmaSonata docked across the Danube in Vilshofen. \u00a9 2016 Ralph Grizzle<\/p><\/div>\n
Although we\u2019d covered quite a bit of ground, the ride was not that difficult, and everyone in our group made it to Vilshofen in good shape and in good time. We parked our bikes and gathered our gear to board AmaSonata.<\/p>\n
It felt good to step on board. AmaSonata\u00a0felt like a luxury hotel, and indeed, she was, only a floating one.<\/p>\n
AmaSonata, docked in Vilshofen, Germany. \u00a9 2016 Ralph Grizzle<\/p><\/div>\n
After we had checked in and settled in our rooms, we were invited to an Oktoberfest celebration right at the end of the gangway.\u00a0AmaWaterways has a special relationship with the city of Vilshofen, which\u00a0hosts an Oktoberfest for embarking\u00a0AmaWaterways’ guests. We enjoyed\u00a0oompah music, Schuhplattler<\/em> dancing, German beer and pretzels \u2014 all at no cost to us.<\/p>\nGerman beer and pretzels during our Oktoberfest celebration and … \u00a9 2016 Ralph Grizzle<\/p><\/div>\n
… oompah music. \u00a9 2016 Ralph Grizzle<\/p><\/div>\n
During the course of the week, AmaSonata\u00a0will take us from Vilshofen to some of the most beautiful cities along the Danube. We’ll pedal as much as possible, short rides and long ones, hopefully all under sunny skies and with the wind at our backs.\u00a0We look forward to the adventure and to the miles that we will cover on the bikes \u2014 and to our time on one of the finest ships on the Danube, the beautiful AmaSonata.<\/p>\n
What a great way to arrive at AmaSonata, docked in Vilshofen, Germany. Our group cycled from Tittling, Germany, 27.5 miles, with an elevation gain of 1,409 feet, and calorie burn (for me at least) equalling 2,234. Moving time totaled 2:17.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a great day of exploring Prague yesterday, our morning started at 8 o’clock with a 3.5-hour bus transfer from Prague\u2019s Hilton Old Town to Tittling, Germany. Once there, we enjoyed a Bavarian lunch and afterward gathered outside to be fitted for our bicycles, provided by Backroads, the tour company that partnered with AmaWaterways for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"categories":[489,6,22,17,440],"tags":[599,553,554,741,742,743,744],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}