Being that I have not traveled internationally for over a year I started to get a travel bug pretty hard.  When my boyfriend passed away I really needed to take some time to get away.  Thankfully, my best friend from Austin, AKA TheHungryChronicles texted me and called me asking if I would go on a River Cruise to Budapest, Vienna, and Nuremberg I immediately said YES.  No questions asked.

We had the most amazing time that we will never forget.  We spent two nights in Budapest so we got to see everything that city had to offer, it was my big city fav! The entire cruise was a total of seven days so we were abroad for ten, which I wouldn’t have minded if we stayed a little longer. We rented bikes which was the best idea we could have done.  If you ever go there I would definitely recommend doing that because it’s so easy to get around and it’s a great bike friendly city.  I had no idea we would also be seeing the most beautiful tiniest cities in between the others.  The city of Passau blew my mind.  It was so charming and cute and just perfect.  I could definitely live there as well and go back and spend more time there.  Our trip was filled with incredible history, art, bike rides through the cutest towns and vineyards, amazing beer/wine and food, sauerkraut and picturesque towns that will be on my mind forever.

Our boat was the Viking Cruise, which was perfect to say the least.  Everyone is incredibly nice, great food, comfortable beds beautiful boat and they make you feel like family the whole time.  They truly care about you and your time with them.  What made this trip even more special was meeting all the special people that worked on the boat as well as the people that were on vacation with us.  That’s what makes traveling so special.  You meet people from all over the world and sometimes so close to where you’re from but you connect across the globe and share moments that you can cherish forever.  I live for travel.  It’s what keeps me alive. It’s what leaves you speechless, then it turns you into a storyteller.  For more pictures of our trip, make sure to check out my IG @carlaloren.