Saturday, May 17, 2025

Trip Start-up

 



After what feels like a lifetime (over 5 years), the Supsics are finally leaving the country! Don't worry, you're not getting rid of us that easily--we'll only be gone for a few weeks. Our travel skills are feeling a bit rusty, but hopefully, we are up to the challenge.


Here is an overview of our trip:


Day 1 -- Fly to Vienna, Austria


Day 2 -- Visit St. Stephen's Cathedral and try what is touted to be the best schnitzel in Vienna!


Day 3 -- Visit the Sisi Museum (Sisi was the Empress of Austria and considered the Princess Diana of her time) and attend a classical concert at St. Peter's Cathedral


Day 4 -- Fly to Budapest, Hungary


Day 5 -- Take a "Panoramic Budapest" tour and Count of Monte Cristo musical at Operetta


Day 6 -- Board our Viking longship, the Lofn (see the map for our cruise route)


Day 7 -- Kalocsa, Hungary--ship excursion to Ascension Church with concert and horse farm


Day 8 -- Osijeck, Croatia--Croatia's War of Independence excursion


Day 9 -- Belgrade, Serbia--private tour and Tesla Museum


Day 10 -- Golubac, Serbia--excursion to Golubac Fortress


Day 11 -- Vidin, Bulgaria--excursion to Belogradchick Rocks


Day 12 -- Ruse, Bulgaria --excursion to Arbanasi and Veliko Taranovo 


Day 13 -- Bucharest, Romania--private tour


Day 14 -- Fly to Paris, France


Day 15 -- Visit newly-reopened Notre Dame


Day 16 -- Fly home

Vukovar, Croatia

We took an optional Viking tour called the Croatian War of Independence. We hoped to learn more about the complicated history of this region...