Thanks for the good bon voyage wishes, JoAnn, Donna and Peter.

Peter, I recall your previous river cruises. We were "pioneers" back then; your two river cruises and our Deilmann river cruise, in 2006.

We made our way out of the OC early this morning for our flight into Dallas. Sitting in the Admiral's Club at DFW now, drinking, typing and waiting to connect into Frankfurt and then onto Budapest to begin our pre-cruise visit. We arrive in Frankfurt at 7:20AM tomorrow and then connect with Lufthansa, arriving in Budapest early afternoon.

We'll be at the InterContinental in Budapest for 4 nights. So looking forward to our stay there. I hear the views are spectacular. We then transfer, through AMA, to Kempinski. Then, embarkation on the Amacello.

Cannot wait to FINALLY begin this journey and river cruise! We've waited a long, long time!