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Last post 08/10/2007, 5:49 AM by evergreen. 39 replies.
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evergreen
Joined: 01/14/2007
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Re: Just Returned from the Danube -FANTASTIC!
08/10/2007, 5:49 AM

Jill, welcome home. Thanks for posting here with this info. Starting to get excited already after reading it..

I am looking forward to your "Voice".

Danke

Bis bald!

 

Julie

> ^..^ < 

 

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JillCruse
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Just Returned from the Danube -FANTASTIC!
08/09/2007, 9:16 PM

OMG!  We just returned from our "inspection" trip on the Danube, going the Nuremberg to Budapest route on the Viking Europe. There is so much to tell you about how incredibly rich this trip is.

 

I know many of you are about to get your air. Please, please PLEASE don't do this trip without going to Prague for our 3 day package, and staying for 3 more days in Budapest. You MUST do this.  We are finalizing hotels and tours, to be sure their was no overlap in Budapest.  We have tips for your tour while in Nuremberg for the day on the return from Prague, and there are sites you just cannot miss. In Budapest, there is just too much to do and see. The Chain Bridge has wonderful markets on the weekend and stays open until the late evening, there are incredible museums, opera houses, Parliament Center, Holocaust Museum and a very impressive Synagogue, and tours to the Heren Porcelin Factory (a must!) 

 

This is going to be one of our best trips ever, and very soon I will be posting a Voice on this trip, highlighting each town we visit with photos, and posting a slide show.  In the meantime, if anyone as any questions about the trip., let us know!

 

Jill

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evergreen
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Re: Doktor Doolittle
08/09/2007, 10:22 AM

Marigold, Phyl's mother was a scot. Phyl is very proud of that fact.

Me, I'm from the other end of England...Cornwall.

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evergreen
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Re: Doktor Doolittle
08/09/2007, 10:20 AM

"in German they take their  adjectives a step  further to describe their nouns...and  call you an "alte Zwiege" (an old goat) .."Affe" (an ape)  "Kamel" (camel)  "Elefant"  ... "

 

Well Northstar, I hope I have no need to use those on our cruise!!! Might use them around here sometimes though!!!

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Marigold
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Re: Doktor Doolittle
08/09/2007, 9:54 AM
Hey Northstar....I am a Scot living in Canada....and I love haggis.....hehe.

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northstar1957
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Re: Doktor Doolittle
08/07/2007, 8:06 AM
..what I like about German is that it's just so brazen and inflammatory!!.  Anyone who's heard of Haggis might agree that Scottish cooking is done on a dare.  I think German is fighting language.  We might call someone a "jerk"...in German they take their  adjectives a step  further to describe their nouns...and  call you an "alte Zwiege" (an old goat) .."Affe" (an ape)  "Kamel" (camel)  "Elefant"  ...

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evergreen
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Re: eine kleine Nachtmusik...
08/07/2007, 6:32 AM

Slang will do!!!! Maybe you two should come on this cruise & help us out! 

Glad someone else is posting for a change. It's been lonely out here!!!

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northstar1957
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Re: eine kleine Nachtmusik...
08/06/2007, 4:38 PM
...Natuuuuuuuuuuuurlich  ...Ooo!!    I can see that the UMlauts are going to be a problem tho    Smile   You'll have to pardon my Jinglisch  ...after 50 years here I'm not sure either side,  the Americans OR the Germans will understand meWink

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evergreen
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Re: Danube Cruise
08/06/2007, 4:07 PM
Ah Northstar. Can I get a few phrases from you for our trip next year???

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northstar1957
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Re: Danube Cruise
08/04/2007, 6:27 PM

Hi Bev and Susan!!   Everybody!!

Re: Speaking to the locals in German and having them answer you in English!!  Too Funny!!   Growing up in our household it was the exact opposite.....Mom and Dad would speak to us in German and we answered in English.    too funny.......

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OliviaCommForum
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Re: Danube Cruise
02/16/2007, 1:52 PM
This was originally posted by evergreen on the community forum.

Martster: Glad to hear you will be on the Danube Cruise--looking forward to meeting you both.Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary.

Phyl dernervenkitzel (Evergreens better?/other half)

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Re: Danube Cruise
02/14/2007, 6:59 AM
This was originally posted by evergreen on the community forum.

Martster: We have 2 friends who did the same cruise last summer. They raved about Prague.
I am looking forward to getting some tips from them......

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Re: Danube Cruise
02/13/2007, 8:32 PM
This was originally posted by Martster on the community forum.

Evergreen -
Our trip to Montreal is pleasure - it will be our third wedding anniversary. We were married in Vancouver in 2004. I'm sure others will join us on this board as time goes by. I think Prague sounds terrific. Fun to know the trip is wait list only.

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Re: Danube Cruise
02/12/2007, 1:58 PM
This was originally posted by evergreen on the community forum.

Hello Martster. Glad you posted. We are really looking forward to this trip which will be our 7th Olivia.


Have you decided what you will do before/after the cruise? We're thinking of the Olivia pre cruise in Prague. They say they will post it in April & I'm sure it will sell out as fast as the cruise did. That's why I am starting research so early.

Hope you enjoy Montreal. Business or pleasure?

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Re: Danube Cruise
02/12/2007, 1:54 PM
This was originally posted by evergreen on the community forum.

Yes I agree Bev & Susan. I never needed to speak German there before.
It's nice though to at least be able to say hello, goodbye, please & thanks in their language. They really appreciate that tourists try as we do in our country.

Nana

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