This is my first river cruise and Viking was a great way to start. The luxury of unpacking and then

Now that my compression stockings have been put away ready for my next overseas travel – here's a brief summary of my ' Grand European Tour' with Viking River Cruises . (of course more blogs and print articles will follow)
For a second time (the last one in 1996) I did a boat tour of the city before exploring the inner city on land, then back to the boat to unpack and explore this fabulous floating hotel. I loved being able to unpack and know I didn't need to use my case for 2 weeks! ( See the itinerary here )
Next morning, we arrived at Kinderdijk, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. My alarm was set for a very early morning sunrise shot with windmills in the foreground but this was foiled by 2 things … my geography and therefore facing the wrong direction, and light rain, which was to follow us for much of the trip. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the tour of this fascinating network of windmills and learning scandinavian international travel agency in dc of other ingenious flood management technologies.
We had walking scandinavian international travel agency in dc tours (and free time) daily and each day we had food from the region and often demonstrations about local culture or activities – this included music, scandinavian international travel agency in dc dancing and one night  we also learnt scandinavian international travel agency in dc about the region's glassblowing traditions during a wonderful live demonstration.
Bamberg, with its medieval city centre, was a great walking tour which included a visit to the magnificent 11th-century cathedral, reworked in late-Romanesque style in the 13th century, and the very picturesque city hall built on a tiny island in the middle of a river
Passau's narrow streets and Italianate architecture is great – especially listening to a concert on Europe's largest pipe organ in St. Stephan's Cathedral, while the abbey at Melk,- a 900-year-old Benedictine monastery featuring Austria's finest Italian baroque architecture
Slovakia's charming capital is Bratislava with medieval fortifications at Michael's scandinavian international travel agency in dc Tower, a baroque Jesuit Church and Gothic St. Martin's scandinavian international travel agency in dc Cathedral. This is also home to several baroque palaces from the Hapsburg Dynasty.
This is my first river cruise and Viking was a great way to start. The luxury of unpacking and then travelling in a 5-star hotel was perfect. All the staff were attentive and friendly, the tours informative, lectures interesting, and the food perfect! What surprised me was the quietness of the travel and no rocking of the boat – I loved the docks too, fascinating all 60 odd of them.
From early morning to late at night we had something to do … even if the 'something' was relaxing over a book as it was for some! As a travel writer I had no time to read and have many stories to write a Grand European Tour indeed.
scandinavian international travel agency in dc So, if you are considering a river cruise, scandinavian international travel agency in dc I say consider no more – book your ticket and enjoy – I'm not surprised this is the fastest growing form of travel and that Viking are adding more ships to their fleet next year, and that they are a booking out quickly.