< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise Today was our last full day on the Viking ship Skadi, which brought about mixed emotions. Although we didn’t want the excitement to end, we were kinda ready for the excitement to end. We didn’t spend a whole lot of time in our stateroom, […]
Most of you who travel a lot know the power of vacations. Although it’s been over a year since we returned from our Viking Grand European River Cruise, I look at the photos and read my posts, and I’m transferred back in time. I remember the awe of the spectacular stone cathedrals – their grand towers sweeping […]
< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise “‘Old Father Rhine,’ as Germans affectionately call their cherished river, begins as a trickle in the Swiss Alps. From these great heights, it flows 820 miles through several countries to the North Sea. The Upper Rhine carves out Germany’s borders with Switzerland and beautiful […]
< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise This morning we docked in Wertheim, Germany – a tiny little town of 54 square miles that is squeezed into a triangle at the “Mainspitze”, where the Tauber River flows into the Main. Wertheim Castle (Burg Wertheim) was once home to the Counts of Wertheim. […]
< Start at the beginning of this series: Grand European River Cruise Welcome to Wurzburg, Germany! Rather than join the crowd in the dining room every morning, Jim and I usually enjoyed a lighter breakfast on the Aquavit Terrace of the Skadi. There we could scope out our surroundings with less chit chat and ease into […]