You probably didn’t notice, but for the last almost two weeks, I was off gallivanting through Europe on a Viking river cruise. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, however, before I even left I scheduled a new blog to post almost every day I was gone. There were a few night owls who might have wondered why I was cross-posting them to Facebook at, like 1 a.m. (7 a.m. Germany time), but otherwise I hope no one noticed any difference.
The trip, as you might imagine, was wonderful. We began our adventure with an extension to beautiful Lucerne, Switzerland, where we took a gondola ride up the side of Mt. Stanserhorn, one of the lower Alps. After that side trip, we boarded the longship in Basel, Switzerland and cruised north along the Rhine, stopping in seven small towns and cities in Germany, France and Holland before finally landing in Amsterdam. We saw some incredible scenery, a LOT of old cathedrals, castles, cuckoo clocks and windmills. We sampled more than a few beer gardens and made several new friends.
So, aside from the flight cancellation at the beginning of the trip (which caused us to lose a day in Lucerne) and the flight cancellation at the end of the trip (which prompted us to rent a car and drive home from Dulles), it was a great time.
So I’m back to blogging in real time again, but since I used up most of my ideas in the last two weeks when I “wasn’t blogging,” don’t worry about me if I skip a day or two. Blame it on jet lag.
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(posted 9/1/2024)
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We too recently retuned from a Viking river cruise Lyon to Provence (fantastic!). Your itinerary is our next choice. Just can’t decide to begin or end in Switzerland or Amsterdam?
Doesn’t really matter too much, except that we think the better included excursions are offered on the northern leg. So they tended to get better as we headed north to Amsterdam. Also, if you want to do an extension in Amsterdam or Lucerne, choose to do that BEFORE the cruise so if your flights get messed up (like ours did), you don’t miss the cruise
Welcome back and welcome home. Your trip sounds great and Betty and I will have to think about duplicating that. Smiles, Larry
It’s expensive, but well worth it!
WHAT CRUISE LINE DID YOU GO ON?
Viking
Welcome back! This would make a great travelogue presentation at the WPL. Interested? Perhaps other blog readers can ‘weigh in’ and persuade you with their interest and encouragement.
I considered that, but really didn’t want to spend the time focusing on that during our short stops. However, Jack and I are spending several weeks in Prague in October and that has potential since we’ll be immersing ourselves in that culture.