Cruising the blue Danube

The first cab off the rank from the recent media trip is in today's Sunday Star Times Escape section. At 1500 words, it's a monster, but think it looks pretty good. Only six or so pieces more to write....

Click here to read.

Beautiful Bratislava

The rental property saga continues apace; work is piling on top of work and I have to play host to a family member later this week. It's all gone a little Pete Tong, as a former colleague in London used to say.

So instead of words you shall have some pics from the recent media famil. The first shot is of the Avalon Illumination, the new river cruise ship we sailed on from Vienna to Budapest, with stops in the Wachau Valley and Bratislava. This is especially  for my father, who complained I had been neglectful in posting images of the Illumination. So Dad, this slightly out of focus shot, which in no way captures the magnificence of the vessel, is for you.

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Cruising the Danube

More pics, this time of the fabulous river ship, the Avalon Ilumination and stops made along the Wachu Valley. Apologies for the lack of detail but it's our last night on the ship (we set sail for Budapest tonight) and there's a glass or two of bubbles in the bar with my name on it.

Catch up

This post is coming to you from a ridiculously scenic town in the Wacau Valley on the mighty Danube.

Last night was the christening ceremony of the new Avalon Illumination ship. But I'm getting ahead of myself; pics are of our last few days in Vienna. Apologies for the visual dump.