Wednesday, August 20, 2014

The Iron Gate Gorge

We had to put our clocks forward an hour when we went to bed last night.

Today is a sailing day and the ship passed through the Iron gate Gorge.  I got up early and went to the sundeck to watch the scenery.  it was freezing cold first thing in the morning and I wrapped up in a blanket as the ship sailed through this scenic area. 

By mid morning the sun had come out and it started to get really hot and it wasn't long before I ditched the blanket for an umbrella to shield me from the burning sun.  They cant put the big sun umbrellas up while the ship is sailing so we had to use the Viking rain umbrellas instead.

We passed the Medieval fortress Golubac which is right on the edge of the water.  We passed high cliffs with many caves.  In some parts the river narrows to just 100 metres in width but is 40 metres deep. 












 

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