Sailing up the Danube

Sunday noon and I am finally able to get on the internet.  Travel is an adventure and doesn't always go the way you wish (want).  For instance, Europe has not had adequate rainfall the last few months sooo the Danube is low sooo we didn't get to go to the Black Sea.  Secondly, the ship had to travel during the day (the first day of the cruise) while we took our day long bus trip because he needed to travel the low river in daylight.  Despite Europe's lack of moisture, it has been grey and hazy since we arrived with rain today.  We actually have taken very few pictures because of that.  Today, we are sailing all day (Romania on one side of the Danube and Bulgaria on the other) which is nice.  Slept late today and had a great breakfast which included smoked salmon.
Yesterday was a lazy day docked in Ruse, Bulgaria. Good lecture comparing Romania and Bulgaria - posts communist, economics, etc.  Last night we went to an Opera Performance in Ruse. It featured excerpts from several different operas with probably 10 vocal soloist, 10 in the chorus and 25 in the orchestra.  Very nice performance.  Walked to and from the bus in a light rain.  Came back late (couldn't find one of our passengers - he was on another bus), ate dinner (entree was duck breast or red snapper), and then went to the caberet show with 4 dancers in G-strings and feathers and a French songstress.  Our dinner companion was Fergus, the music expert onboard.  He is Irish, living in Bulgaria, and makes his living as a composer and lecturer--very interesting.  It was a slow day that ended with a flurry of activity!