Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Danube Cruise bonus: the boat

My daughter remonstrated with me for not showing more of the boat itself. Of course, we are already home and I can't go back and take pictures.

The Amadeus Queen was a lovely small boat, holding a little over 100. (At least, we 100 were the only passengers this voyage.) The rooms were a lot smaller than on our Iceland cruise, but perfectly adequate. (Our Iceland suite was over-the-top luxurious.)

A couple times, housekeeping left us little gifts.

Dining was four-course meals twice a day. You chose from a couple appetizer options and several main course options, including vegetarian. You could always pass, but portions were tiny and I loved trying things. The scale at home shows only a couple pounds gain, which hopefully will soon be gone.

What silverware to use? Oh, yeah, take from the outside and work your way in.

We spent a lot of time in the forward lounge.

That's where our 6 PM on-board concerts were just before dinner.

There was a smaller lounge in the back with a tiny pool, but from there you couldn't see where you were going, so I never sat there.

We met on the upper deck the night we left Budapest with the lights. I did a lot of walking there (between rain showers) on the last day. We went through several locks which sometimes included low bridges. I was instructed to sit down when we went under this one. The man at the front rail opted to duck.

The captain drives from this little building. When we passed under one of those bridges, it could be lowered so the roof was on level with the bar chairs.


I'm a geek who gets a kick out of long hallways.


Sorry I didn't take more pictures to specifically show the boat. Here is the website where you can find more. We would highly recommend this line as well as Earthbound Expeditions.


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