After departing Dresden during the night, the next morning we continued sailing upstream towards our next stop at Bad Schandau. Along the way, we caught sight of another Christmas cruise on the Elbe, though on a much smaller vessel! The excursion for this day of the cruise was a visit to the National Park of … Continue reading The Bastei
During our time in Dresden we embarked on a wide-ranging tour of the surrounding Elbe Valley with a wonderful guide, a driver, and just one other couple from our cruise, making for a cozy, personalized excursion. Our small bus first wound around central Dresden and some of the surrounding suburbs and then headed out to … Continue reading Dresden & the Elbe Valley
Our ship departed Torgau in the middle of the night, but we woke up to much clearer skies with this sunrise to help get us going: We spent the morning sailing through a scenic stretch of the Elbe where bridges were few and far between. Along the way we passed the dock for a pedestrian … Continue reading Elbe & Meißen
Our time in Wittenberg during our Elbe cruise with Viking was all about Martin Luther and the start of the Protestant Reformation,which was kicked off by the posting of his Ninety-five Theses on the door of All Saints’ Church. Our excursion to the town began at the Lutherhaus museum. Luther lived there as a monk … Continue reading Wittenberg, the Elbe & Torgau
After five days in Berlin, we headed through the leafier and more spread out western suburbs of the city on our way to Potsdam, a town perhaps best known for serving as the site of the 1945 Potsdam Conference where the U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union met to plan the post-war peace. Just … Continue reading Sans Souci Palace & Potsdam
Halfway There Travelers 