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Title: Eastern European Holiday
Post by: ACW3 on October 25, 2013, 11:42:52 AM: My wife and I recently completed a major trip that included nine countries. We flew from Dulles Airport (near Washington, D. C.) to Istanbul, Turkey (via Munich, Germany) and spent several days enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of the town. From there we flew to Bucharest, Romania and traveled to Rousse, Bulgaria to pick up our Uniworld River Cruise on the Danube River. We cruised through the Iron Gates and arrived in Belgrade, Serbia. From there we traveled to Vukovar, Croatia. This town was virtually destroyed by the Serbs when they invaded Croatia back in the 1990’s. It is being rebuilt, but shot-out/shot-up buildings remain as a reminder of sadder times. We spent part of a day touring a small town (Osijek) where we visited a school and enjoyed a home-hosted lunch. After that we traveled to Mohacs, Hungary to pass through their version of passport control. They require a “face-check” to make sure you are who is on the passport. No other country required this. From there we cruised to Budapest. The next stop on our trip was in Bratislava, Slovakia. Our last port of call from the ship was Vienna, Austria. From Vienna we boarded a bus and traveled to Prague, Czech Republic for several days. We then flew home from Prague, via Frankfort, Germany, to Dulles Airport. We flew out on my birthday, October 2 and returned home on October 20. It was so good to sleep in my own bed when we finally arrived home.
I plan several posts about our trip as I sort out the pictures and places. Most posts will be about, what else, FOOD!! We experienced some different and very good food while on this trip. I will be trying to see which meals I can re-create/adapt to my grills at home.
The first post will be the Istanbul Spice Bazaar.

Art
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Post by: sliding_billy on October 25, 2013, 12:34:07 PM: You had me at "Eastern European." Sounds like a great time. Hope you will be posting food pictures.
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Post by: drholly on October 25, 2013, 01:40:57 PM: Sounds like a wonderful trip - look forward to the stories and pictures.
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Post by: Smokin Don on October 25, 2013, 03:12:48 PM: Sounds like a great trip Art, your first pics posted were great. Don
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Post by: LostArrow on October 25, 2013, 03:38:14 PM: I wish I was retired so I could take a long vacation :-\
So jealous !
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Post by: TentHunteR on October 25, 2013, 03:51:27 PM: Quote from: ACW3 on October 25, 2013, 11:42:52 AM
The first post will be the Istanbul Spice Bazaar.

Art

Can't wait! I just watched an episode of Globe Trekker and they were showing some of the spice vendors & such in Instanbul.
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Post by: deestafford on October 25, 2013, 07:00:29 PM: Art, Looking forward to your posts. Really looking forward to listening to you and David at next year's Gathering talking about y'all's travels and experiences. Dee
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Post by: pz on October 25, 2013, 11:00:22 PM: Fantastic trip! I'm looking very much forward to your travel photos - nothing like seeing a trip through the eyes of another ;)
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Post by: TMB on October 26, 2013, 12:30:47 AM: 1st I'm glad your back in the states!

Looking forward to see pictures as well
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Post by: sparky on October 26, 2013, 12:58:17 AM: sounds like a great time. bravo..... :)
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Post by: muebe on October 26, 2013, 09:29:49 AM: Well that is one great birthday gift!

Sounds like a great trip and look forward to seeing the pictures!