Rhine River Cruises

... we will be heading from Basel to Zurich for a 2 day stay before heading home. We will be sailing with Uniworld River Cruises on their brand new ship the S.S. Antoinette !! (http://www.uniworld.com/Destinations/Ships/Europe/S.S._Antoinette) If you ...

... four hours trapped on a boat with German music would be "bloody hell".   (I feel bad now.  Check out Rhine river cruises for more details.  I'm sure it could be great with the right people....)   A completely different adventure to ...

... reached the banks of the Rhine river.  There were a few boats on the river and a very large boat that is used for river cruises. I made my way to the bridge and walked across so that I could get a good look up and down the river. After making my way ...

... remains and what looks like an excellent Roman museum which wasn't open today. In fact most of Cologne wasn't open today - no river cruises running, the last city bus tour left just as we enquired about it, the tourist information place closed and ...

... three scoops as we liked the limon and mocha much better.  We then meandered along city park next to the Rhine River, watching river cruises and barges go by.  We decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner at the Stuber Restaurant, what our ...

... beautiful scenery, gorgeous river and tasty white wine and we made the most of all of it! Our three days consisted of river cruises, castle exploring, walks along the river and a lovely drop of Riesling (hey when your accomodation is cheap and includes ...

Oh my! Thes first day in Germany included a cruise on the Rhine River. We got on the cruise boat at Boppard (that's for you Karen & Ted) and went down river for our castle tour.  We saw at least 8 castles--from one point we could see three ...

... of all the 50 cities in this densely populated area that I could’ve picked. The city is situated on the lower Rhine on the delta of the Dussel river in a very flat region that can best be described as industrial. In many ways it is the model German ...

... that are popular for river boat cruises are the Elbe river, the Oder river, the Danube river, the Mosel river, and the Rhine river. Whichever river you choose for your Germany river boat cruise, you will see some of Germany's most famous cities, historic ...

It's time to move north to the Rhine Valley. Our destination - Bacharach, a small town that hugs the Rhine River. If you're wondering if small, out of the way towns are our thing, it's not. It's just working out that way so far.  Bacharach is one of ...

... .  We did see the illuminated castles of Stolzeniels and Marksburg along the way but there will be more castles tomorrow when we visit the Rhine Gorge.  The Rhine River is the most important river in Europe for commercial purposes.  ...

... .) I have seen many of the large cities of Europe, and this is a chance to see the smaller villages and countryside. The Rhine River was busy with cargo traffic; the rivers are their highways. The river was flowing quickly and had lots of locks. The ...

... it won't feel like the cattle car I've flown to Seattle on. Maybe. We'll see. The cruise package is through Viking River Cruises, who seem to have set up quite an operation all over Europe and Asia. Pat and Stew graciously made all the arrangements for ...

... on the cliffsides. We were hoping to take a night cruise at some point here, but unfortunately the companies only run night cruises once a week on Wednesday's and we arrived Thursday. The next day we rose and had a nice breakfast served by the hotel ...

... go they had not done anything about it (the actual cruise line was American operating in Europe but APT promote/sell their cruises). He suggested that we reserve a place on the alternate cruises while we looked at the possibility of changing our ...

... the one we took on the Nile. Customers were being boarded as we watched. Lots of oldies about to go on 12 day Rhine cruises.   We walked along the embankment towards The Eck, the corner, the junction or the confluence of the Rhine with the ...

... diesel locomotive. During one of the quiet lulls a different sound comes rolling in down the river. It sounds like a paddleboat. Shortly afterwards a huge floating restaurant cruises past. It was 2 stories high, and must have been nearly 100m long! It's ...

...     The Lorelei ("murmuring rock")  is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine and marks the narrowest part of the river between Switzerland and the North Sea. There have been many boat accidents there due to a strong current and ...

... Dutch settled around Albany. Dutch apple pie is still one of the favorite foods here. You can take scenic cruises up the beautiful Hudson River. To the north is Sleepy Hollow, which inspired Washington Irving to write The Headless Horseman and Rip Van ...