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We visited three locations in Bucharest today with our guide and fellow travelers-The Village Museum in Herăstrău Park, The Orthodox Cathedral complex-the 17th century Patriarchal Church- and the Palace of Parliament, a brutish piece of Communist era architecture built by Ceausescu Romania's Dictator at the time. The building is gigantic; only the Pentagon is larger. After we completed the day's tour in Bucharest we made our way to the river port town of Giurgiu where we boarded the Viking Embla to begin our Danube River cruise. After a welcome cocktail with the crew and fellow travelers the six of us shared a great dinner and lots of laughs on board.

Marine terminal, Giurgiu, Romania. Our voyage on the Danube originated here.

Marine terminal, Giurgiu, Romania. Our voyage on the Danube originated here.
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Giurgiu

Giurgiu is a gritty river port situated amid mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Ruse on the opposite bank. Three small islands face the city, and a larger one shelters its port, Smarda. The rich grain-growing land to the north is traversed by a railway to Bucharest, the first line opened in Romania, which was built in 1869 and afterwards extended to Smarda. Giurgiu exports timber, grain, salt and petroleum, and imports coal, iron, and textiles.
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Boarding our Danube River cruiser, the Viking Embla.

We passed through the floating dock in the foreground before boarding our vessel.
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We passed through the floating dock in the foreground before boarding our vessel.

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Danube, Ho!

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The Bulgarian side of the Danube, opposite Giurgiu

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A Danube ferry

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Aboard the Viking Embla, Liza aims to serve

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Our first dinner aboard the Viking Embla

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