The ancient Mekong is a fascinatingly changeable river. Sometimes, the water looks as blue as the intense tropical sky. At other times it’s the muddy brown of the load of silt it carries from as […]
It starts with a small drop of water on your shoulder for good luck, but stick around and it will turn into a tidal wave you can’t escape. There’s nothing anywhere quite like Water Festival […]
It’s that time again. We’re asking the readers of The Cruisington Times to nominate their favorite cruise ship restaurants. The choices have proliferated this year with a host of new ships offering innovative alternative restaurants. […]
The Iron Gates: They sound so formidable, but these days you can lighten up. Passing through them becomes a party. The name of the treacherous and narrow gorge on the lower Danube stems from the daunting challenge it posed […]
There must have been a sale on the letters B and V when they were naming cities along the lower Danube. The itinerary for our journey from Budapest toward the Black Sea has us visiting […]
Whoa there, cowboy! If you think you’re hot stuff, get a load of what real wranglers can do: Five galloping horses are racing furiously around a track. A single horseman guides the team while standing up […]
I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that while every new river ship in Europe has to be the same length and height to navigate through the systems of locks, cruise companies still manage to […]
No cruise on the Danube River is complete without a visit to the monastery at Melk, but be sure to bring your sunglasses, both to protect against glare on a river cruise and for admiring […]
River cruises in Europe have certainly matured in the past few years, offering the kind of amenities, luxury and cuisine once only found on ocean-going ships. As their popularity increases, all the river fleets are […]
We all wish for sunny skies on our vacation, but for many river cruise vacationers in Europe this year, too much of a good thing has left their ships stranded. As an example, the Viking […]
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