Argh...it hurt

I was just getting ready to "pooper scoop" tonight - I picked up the scoops and - OUCH - I got stung, by a yellow jacket, which was lurking on the handle. As my epi-pen was out of date I headed off to Urgent care - nobody else was there, so I got seen immediately, they were impressed with the reaction from the sting, just 10 minutes after the injury! I am normally super cautious, but this was totally unexpected - anyway several hours later, following medication, icepacks and a shot, things are under control. I was stung on my little finger and so far only 1/2 my hand is inflamed...we will see what tomorrow brings

Would like to hear from others on Primadonna

I would be interested in making contact with other disappointed/disgruntled passengers on the Primadonna - send me a personal email to lhiltz@earthlink.net
I had posted a status report on the Facebook page of Viking, but they removed any reference to the grounding - apparently they only allow positive comments!l

Oh, its good to be home...

The dogs were very pleased to see us, the puppies have grown up a bit. And our bed felt so good to crash in, when we finally got home - after flying from Frankfurt to LAX, to SFO then onto Portland. The weather is still superb at home. Lots of sun and nice and warm. Obviously hot while we were away, which meant the grass did not grow, so no mowing required.

Homeward bound

Overnighting in Munich (it's Octoberfest!!) however we are not downtown but in the lovely small village of Freising which has a Marriott! We went to the local Hofbrauhaus, and had some wonderful pumpkin soup ( served in a pumpkin) sorry camera was charging at hotel, followed by duck and Red cabbage (me) and suckling pig for David - fortunately they had 1/2 portions - very good and wonderful local atmosphere.

I now have a cold, so flying is not fun ( I have earplanes with me) and one ear is blocked up and I can't hear


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Location:Alois-Steine,Freising,Germany

Some pictures from yesterday's 'adventure'!!

The approach of rescue ferry








A view of the few chairs on the deck



Tying up to Primadonna, see the deck where we spent our trip



David, dressed to leave the ship



Ah, they realized we needed more chairs



Farewell Primadonna



Our ' Luxury' cruise

And to those who commented- I am not expecting ANY compensation, as they would not give 12 euro per room for free wifi. However I have a Boingo account and that covered me and so have excellent Internet at long last

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Location:Calea Victoriei,Bucharest,Romania

From 727 to 651

These were the kilometer marks that marked the start and finish on our rescue boat. Which was a car ferry, minus ALL the comforts... No chairs (so they took some plastic ones off the Viking ship. No shelter on a dirty metal deck, so Viking supplied umbrellas. And finally NO toilets on the 3 hour journey.
Now on to a 4 hour bus ride to Bucharest
What a trip - first class price, 4th class treatment

Location:Romania

Still stuck

After a second night on the sandbank we show no signs of moving. Supposedly plans are being made to get us to Bucharest.

Mutiny amongst the passengers may be the next step, good humor is evaporating...this is our first Viking River Cruise and LAST, as the company has
Not done much for us, since getting stranded

Now a2 hour ferry ride followed by 3 hour bus Ride

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