Danube River Cruise - 5/5/14

Slept in until 7:00 AM today, due to the late night in the lounge.  Arrived in Passau, DE this morning and embarked after breakfast on a walking tour of the "City of Three Rivers," Danube, Innz and Ilpz. After the record flood of 2013, which saw a great portion of the city under 15 feet of water, especially along the water front and old town area, the City is still re-building.  Very few shops open, and a great portion of the public buildings are still under restoration.

A great majority of the passengers opted to take a bus tour to Salzburg, which left in the morning and would meet back up with the ship in Linz AU. Our group elected to stay with the ship; we departed Passau at 12:15 PM and set sail down river into Austria.  Naps this afternoon varied from 1 to 3 hours.  We arrived in Linz around 6:00 PM and had the opportunity for an unplanned but informative walk around the central area.  A very modern and progressive city, the third largest in Austria. 

Back to the ship for a fine dinner and then we spent time on the sundeck admiring the lights of Linz and watching the light shows from the ATS Technica building; this building is wired with LED's all over the exterior.  People can queue up to plug in their iPod music  and then watch as the lights change to the music they have loaded in their electronics.

Lovely trio of two violins and a guitar for entertainment tonight in the lounge.  All repaired to bed early in preparation for the overnight cruise to Melk, AU, our destination for tomorrow.