Well we have ended up with a change in the ship schedule - not sure why??? Anyway today we visited the town of Vidin. Vidin is one of the oldest towns along the Bulgarian Danube bank. Vidin has existed for over 2000 years in the same location in Bulgaria. The small town is economically depressed, but has a lovely, tree-lined city park along the Danube that leads from the cruise ship dock to Baba Vida (Babini Vidini Kuli), a medieval fortress built by the Bulgars ...

We said farewell to Romania and Hello Bulgaria this morning and was welcomed by a beautiful sunrise as we spotted the Romanian-Bulgarian Friendship Bridge across the Danube which was constructed in 1954. Rousse is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria and the biggest city in the country on the bank of the Danube River. It is a situated 320 km away from the capital of Bulgaria- Sofia. The city is also called "The small Vienna", because of its unique ancient archite...