Motoring Along

Between stops on the Danube just motoring along can be fun.  The receivers we are given to use when on a guided tour also have recorded commentaries and a GPS.  You when you pass a village or a ruined castle on a hilltop you get some background.  The batteries need a charge every 4 hours or so but otherwise quite good.

They even have a self-guided walking tour feature for a pretty impressive list of towns and cities.  And if you get lost they will guide you back to the ship.

If ever I can get the photos on my camera-camera uploaded I will post a link to shots of the odd castle and some very pretty little villages alongside the river.

Ferries that cross the river are regularly-spaced.  They are clearly underpowered for the current here, which I would think is in excess of 5 knots from the look of the wake around the bouys.  But the ferries are attached to an overhead cable and so the engines don’t need to fight the current, just move them across.  

PHOTOS WARNING:  what you see on Flickr right now is complete only to Vienna.  For Durnstein onwards and for ongoing albums (Sailing being one where you would see some castles for example) what you see at the moment and until further notice are only the shots I have taken with my Blackberry.