We had heard rumours about problems with low water levels on the Danube. I guess there was a price to pay for the beautiful weather we have had since coming over to Europe from the UK. Our trip on the boat was terminated at Ravensburg and we had the choice of taking a part refund and taking off on your own or sticking with the tour by bus. For us sticking it out was ok because 2 nights in Vienna sounded fine and 4 nights in Budapest---well thats probably a day long and there are some issues there with refugees occupying the train station but our guides who are Budapest locals say there is no danger so we are off to Budapest in a few hours. Shame about that cruise and a couple of nice stops at Passau and Melk were deleted. I think they could have made a better effort to show us those stops by bus On the drive to Vienna we drove right past the Melk Monastery about a km away! The big bosses in USA maybe trying to make up the expense of all those hotel rooms they had to buy in hotels!!!
