点评:This excursion was part of our Viking Christmas on the Danube cruise from Budapest to Regensburg. First a tour of the palace then time in the 'Romantic' extensive medieval Christmas market.
The palace was nothing exceptional, but the market had many unique features like open wood fires, craftsmen on site such as blacksmiths and wood carvers making and selling their wares. Much of the stuff on sale had been made by the vendors or sourced locally. Their glühwein mug was a deep royal blue with a gold image of the palace so a bit above the usual Christmas market memento mugs.
At the end of the evening, our local guide hired by Viking for the Thurn & Taxis Romantic Christmas Market excursion had us all meet her “near the llama enclosure” for the walk along dark streets to the bus parking lot. The meeting area was pitch black (obviously the two llamas were trying to sleep) and filled with other groups also meeting there. It was pandemonium with people trying to find their correct group. Plus, the red Viking signs with tour number do not show up at night in any light. Things did finally get sorted out, but it was not a pleasant end to an otherwise nice Christmas market visit.
翻译:这次旅行是我们从布达佩斯到雷根斯堡的多瑙河游轮上的维京圣诞节之旅的一部分。首先参观宫殿,然后逛逛“浪漫”的大型中世纪圣诞市场。
宫殿没有什么特别的,但市场有很多独特的特色,比如开放式木柴火堆,现场的铁匠和木雕师等工匠制作和出售他们的商品。出售的大部分商品都是由摊贩制作或从当地采购的。他们的热红酒杯是深宝蓝色,上面印有宫殿的金色图像,所以比通常的圣诞市场纪念杯要高一点。
晚上结束时,我们为 Thurn & Taxis 浪漫圣诞市场之旅聘请的当地导游带我们所有人在“骆驼围栏附近”与她会面,然后沿着黑暗的街道走到巴士停车场。会面区一片漆黑(显然两只骆驼正试图睡觉),其他团体也在那里会面。人们试图找到正确的团体,场面一片混乱。此外,标有旅游编号的红色维京标志在夜晚任何光线下都无法显示。事情终于解决了,但对于原本不错的圣诞市场之旅来说,这并不是一个愉快的结局。