We took a Viking Rhine River cruise for our 40th anniversary and I'm here to tell you, that was a wonderful way to travel!
Here's my review: Unpack once but every day you're in a new city? Sweet! Viking does a great job handling all the details. Our longboat was clean and modern. We loved our larger room with living space and the bathroom with heated floor. We slept well most of the time. Meals were delicious and although we didn't take in all the entertainment they offered, the ones we did were good. The included excursions (walking tours) were excellent and the couple of paid excursions we did were also very good. Be prepared to see a lot!
We went with our friends, 3 other couples also celebrating 40th anniversaries. We laughed so much and enjoyed delicious meals, games, new cities and castles together. Here's a few pics from each port stop and our special excursions:
We visited Keukenhof gardens near Amsterdam before sailing!
A picture of Rolf, our longboat
Our accommodations
The windmills at Kinderdijk.
Cologne Cathedral
Love locks on the Cologne bridge!
Samson's life portrayed in the crypt at St. G's.
So excited to find Spaghetti Eis! (hadn't had it since 1985)
Our group at Marksburg Castle - we loved this one! It was furnished with period items and even had suits of armor collected through the ages from various cultures.
This afternoon we sat on the deck as our boat sailed past many castles, and our cruise director told us about each one.
Strausbourg, France
We went to many other places but my blogger is acting up right now!
