| The “Coffee and Cake with Locals” excursion during our Bratislava, Slovakia port call was a rare chance to connect on a human level with people from other cultures. Andre opened up his home for a visit, and instead of coffee, he served us samples of the home-grown spirits he makes. |
With the premium drink package, we spent a lot of time at the riverboat’s bar, where the bartenders became very familiar with “A309,” our cabin number to charge all our drinks to. Yulinana, Stefan, Dobrica, and Ayu got in a lot of steps serving my drink of choice — a CC&DC. |
Our BearCruise group of ~40 folks included 7 from Raleigh, several guys we’d met on previous BearCruises (Mexican Riviera, Dominican MayDaze, and Northern Europe), and some new friends like Daniel and Michael and Tom and Art, and a couple of non-BearCruise guys like Chris and Steve from near Niagara Falls. |
Hi John! We really enjoyed meeting you and Bob on the cruise… I’m enjoying your cruise blogs as well!
I hope we stay in touch!
And “God d@mn it! The SUN DOES NOT SPIT!”