These cleats stick up from an otherwise smooth surface. If you are at all familiar with boats, you may recall that all gangplanks have some sort of cleat on them to prevent people from slipping on rainy days. Of course, a number of the staff were there to wave good-by as we left.īefore we leave the Danube behind, the Rambler would like to say her bit about exiting a river boat. And so it was, after a last excellent breakfast, we headed down the gangplank of the MT for the last time. We were asked to have our packed luggage outside our cabin door by 4 AM, so it would be ready to be loaded onto our busses just as if we were leaving for our flight home. We felt that Uniworld had treated us very well, adjusting as best they could to the low water problems. However, we spent no time at the bar, didn’t order room service and enjoyed eating regional food at local places. The Ramblers were surprised to hear a few people grumbling about the amount, as we thought it was quite fair and actually came home with Euros left over. Breakfast was included in our hotel stay. Finally, because we wouldn’t be eating our meals on the MT, we each got 90 EU spending money for our lunch and dinners in Vienna. If we had still been on the Maria Theresa, we would have been quite a distance from the city center, requiring either a bus, taxi or tram ride. It has a central location off the Ringstrasse and we would be able to walk to many places on our own.
Chad told us he was still working on placing us in Budapest Hotels, but they would all be four star hotels.Īctually most of us were pleased to be staying at the Ritz.
It is a much smaller city and though it has its share of hotels, there was not one which could take all of us. As it turned out, we would all be staying at the Ritz-Carlton for our two nights in Vienna. We would undoubtedly see the new friends we had made on the cruise during the next three days, but we didn’t think it likely we would be in the same place at the same time again.Ĭhad handed out our next days schedule in the usual information session before dinner.
Some of the passengers were taking advantage of their last night on the MT enjoying the music and atmosphere. After our gala farewell dinner, we bade farewell to our favorite servers in the dining room, went to the lounge for a while and then headed to our room to pack.
0 kommentar(er)
