From Daunube Days To Danube Daze

We arrived in Bucharest after a long day of travel from SFO to Frankfurt to Bucharest yesterday, were picked up at the airport and transferred to our hotel, arranged a tour for today today to Transylvania with the Tauck rep who picked us up, had a light dinner, went to bed around 9, and were awakened at 11 pm by a phone call from Tauck informing us our river cruise had been cancelled. Alas, we have been victimized by Mother Nature and the Danube. There were very heavy Spring rains that caused the worst flooding in over 500 years on rivers in Central Europe. The boat on which we were supposed to sail has been stuck in Austria due to a damaged lock which may be repaired and reopened on Friday. Even if the lock gets repaired and opened then, there is no way the boat could arrive in time for us to sail as scheduled. When we arrived back at the hotel from our tour, the tour directors were in the lobby meeting with other fellow travelers, some of whom only arrived today to explain our options which include a cruise on another Tauck river cruise, a land tour, or arranging a tour we can do on our own. Our preference is for another river cruise and we will know tomorrow when we meet with them at 10. They assured us there are options but they need to plan with Tauck Corporate in Connecticut, a process somewhat complicated by the 7 hour time difference. We have learned through years of travel that flexibility is a must and that there are certain situations over which we have no power at all. It seems life handed us lemons, so we will make lemonade. We are both well and in good spirits. By the way, forgot to mention that we get a full refund and that Tauck will cover any unanticipated costs. We feel confident that our lemonade will be delicious.