Scenic Cruises, our agency (Jet Travel), and I are all monitoring the post-flood situation along the Danube.
You may have read (or seen on the news) about the record flooding that happened in early June. River cruises along the Danube were disrupted for weeks afterwards, but now all but one set of locks are up and running again. The locks in Austria are projected to be repaired by the end of June so we don't anticipate any problems at all as a result of this for our October cruise.
Among our stops, the city of Passau (in southeast Germany, on the Austrian border) was the worst hit. The pictures are sad and far too reminiscent of the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy here at home.
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| Passau, June 2013 |
The folks in Passau are working hard to restore their community and to welcome visitors. We'll continue to keep an eye on their progress and, closer to our trip, if necessary we'll substitute another stop for Passau although I doubt that will be necessary.
Just a reminder - those of us who are going on the excursion to Salzburg will miss Passau anyway.
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| Passau, June 2013 |
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| Passau, June 2013 |
You can read more about the clean up efforts
here.
