Our motorcoaches made a quick scenic drive through Vidin on the way back to Viking Ullur.
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| Исторически музей/Historical Museum (founded 1956) is located in an 18C Ottoman konak/residence of an official |
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| Glimpse of Храм Свети Николай Чудотворец/ Church of St Nicholas, Wonderworker (1926-1930) |
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| Видинска света митрополия/Residence of the Vidin Metropolitan (1924) with the Параклис Свети Пимен Зографски/Chapel of St Pimen Zografski (stone chapel) |
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| Джамия Осман Пазвантоглу/Osman Pazvantoglu Mosque (1801-1802); the minaret is topped either by a spade or an upside-down heart... |
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| Ruins of Видинската синагога/ Vidin Synagogue (1890-1894, by V Kitov) (KSS) |
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| Vidin Synagogue; after the roof caved in, the synagogue has been neglected (KSS) |
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| Vidin Synagogue (KSS) |
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| Hotel Impuls Palace - adding on? |
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| China Mall Supermarket? Seems to be a China-supplied department store (KSS) |
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| Memorial (by Andrei Nikolov) to the Victims of the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War, depicts a grenadier expressing grief of a fratricidal war |
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| Our shore excursion motorcoaches |
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| Aha!, a place where I can photograph the entire Viking longship! |
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| Fishing |
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| These cookies were called Serbian Vanilice/vanilla, but traditionally they are served sandwiched around jam |
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| As we departed Vidin, we saw a couple more sights: Паметникът на свободата/Monument of Freedom (1965, by Hristo Simeonov, Metodi Izmirliev, Ivan Petrov) is a relic of the Communist era, and contains the remains of anti-fascists... |
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| Крепост Баба Вида/Baba Vida Fortress (10C, destroyed and rebuilt 14C) is said to be the only entirely preserved medieval castle in Bulgaria |
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| Нова Европа/New Europe Bridge (2007-2013) is an extradosed bridge, generally meaning the structure combines the main elements of both a prestressed box girder bridge and a cable-stayed bridge, which allows the cable-stayed towers to be shorter |
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| Late sunlight on sandstone bluffs along the Danube |
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| Dinner began with Kashkaval Pane/breaded fried cheese, followed by this Balkan-style Moussaka |
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| Pechena Yabulka/Thracian-style cinnamon baked apple |
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| Sunset on the right bank of the Danube (we are traveling upriver) means the river is now flowing north |
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| We always take a cabin in steerage, because all we do is sleep there; hmm, I missed getting the body temperature sensor on the corridor ceiling! |
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| You tap the key card to unlock your door; the key card is also used to sign out and sign in on the ship |
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| During the day, the bed is made and the drapes are open |
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| Our usual view on this trip was the floating dock |
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| After dinner, the drapes are closed and the Viking Daily and the next day's shore excursion tickets are on the bed |
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| Across from the foot of the bed: desk and drawers, mini-refrigerator, flatscreen TV, and on the counter is an ice bucket and bottles of water |
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| This time we were provided with hand sanitizer and "medical" masks in black; in the corner are the QuietVox devices with earpieces that allow us to listen to our local guides while wandering off to take photos! (the QuietVox devices must be recharged every night) |
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| Looking back to the door, which has a full-length mirror; on the left is the closet, and on the right is the sliding door to "the head" |
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| The head/bathroom with a vacuum toilet (it sounds like it could suck down whole apples!), and a fog-free mirror |
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| The shower; the shower and bathroom floor are heated (you can control the heat) |
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| Every night we are provided with plastic tubes that we have to fill with 2 ml of saliva in the morning before eating or brushing our teeth, cap, place in a sealed envelope and drop off at reception before 8:00 AM! |
We also had to remember to turn our clocks back one hour!
Next: Scenic Cruising on the Danube.
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