We walked down to the river on Friday morning to catch our 9am hydrofoil to Vienna. As we were going against the strong flow of the Danube the journey was supposed to take 1 and three quarter hours. We were second onto the boat and we had front row seats - the boat did not lift as much as we thought it would so we had a great view.
As we approached Vienna we had to wait to enter a huge lock. The gates opened and we glided in. The water rose very quickly and we noticed that the gate we would exit through would rotate under the water rather than open out like normal lock gates. The water rose above the level of the gate and the captain started the engine; we had a clear view of the river ahead. However the traffic light remained on red. After about 5 minutes the light was still on red and the engine went off. 15 minutes later the light was still red so we assumed there was a problem with either the gate or the light. There was no communication on board but at last after a delay of at least 30 minutes the light went green and to a quiet cheer from the passengers we were off.
We were welcomed to our apartment with a home made apple strudel (and no nuts!) - this is the first time we have used hometrip.com to make a booking and we are really pleased - it is like a home from home.
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