The Viking Tir is now on the Danube River, the final leg that started with the Rhine River, then the Main River, and onto the  Rhine-Main-Danube Canal  (106-mile long connection completed in 1992) with 16 locks).   The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, 1051 miles in length, after the Volga River in Russia, from the Black Forest into the Black Sea. Flows through 10 countries, including Ukraine (border with Romania). The river water is opaque and greenish-brown.   In other words, the Danube is NOT blue.   You might see photos of what looks like a blue Danube, but that is more a reflection of the blue sky. The  most polluted is the Ganges River in India , with the Mississippi at #5. Rivers all pick up soils from land, and man-made waste, so the water color reflects the mineral content. But the Danube is beautiful, matched with gorgeous surroundings. There are  four Danubes  flowing through Vienna, called Old Danube, New Dan...

Well, finally went to a Christmas Market yesterday.  We thought that this Viking cruise was a Christmas Market Cruise.  Not so, apparently, as the cruise director recently announced that this was a European River Cruise during the Christmas season.  The real Christmas Cruises just began.  Tricky advertising.  Anyway, we have five days left, and all of these stops will have a Christmas Market.  But Regensburg also had one, so here are those photos.  Actually, if you've been to one of them, future ones will not be much different. Regensburg: At the Danube River's northernmost point. 150,000 inhabitants. Has 28,000 immigrants. Medieval center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, kept intact during World War II. St Peter's (or Regensburger Dom) Cathedral is the city's landmark, built around 700 AD. We start with lunch on a day I did nothing. Fish and Chips. Plus pork. Dinner was prime rib steak and Caesar Salad, so no sense showing them again.  Only walke...