Cruising & Cycling Europe’s Rivers

Wednesday, June, 11, 2008

by Ralph Grizzle

On tap for European river cruises: more choices of pre- and post-cruise tours, more special interest programs and more bicycles. Yes, more bicycles. River cruise companies continue to add bicycles and bicycling excursions to their programs. Amadeus Waterways, for example, carries about 50 bicycles for passengers to use on its ships. [...]

Check Into The Hotel That Floats

Wednesday, June, 11, 2008

by Ralph Grizzle

I checked into my hotel in Budapest, Hungary, and checked out a week later in Passau, Germany. Each evening, sometimes after I had fallen asleep, my hotel moved, from Budapest, to Bratislava, to Vienna, to Durnstein and Melk on the same day, to Linz and finally Passau. If [...]

Choose To Cruise The Danube

Wednesday, June, 11, 2008

by Ralph Grizzle

Video Slideshow Immortalized by Johann Strauss in Blue Danube Waltz, the Danube winds from Germany’s Black Forest through Austria into the Balkans before dumping into the Black Sea. The romantic river flows through six countries and meanders for nearly 1,800 miles. Some of Europe’s most-fabled cities — Regensburg, [...]

When Rudy Does Nothing, You Can Count On A Great Cruise

Wednesday, June, 11, 2008

by Ralph Grizzle

Of all the jobs in the world, surely Rudolph van der Meulen's must be among the best. His job, as instructed by his bosses, is to cruise on a river boat and simply to do this: nothing. While most people might call that a vacation, it's a tall order for the [...]

Pedaling Along The Danube

Wednesday, June, 11, 2008

by Ralph Grizzle

My river cruise has turned into a cycling tour. Each day during this journey up the Danube on Uniworld's River Empress, I have had the opportunity to straddle a saddle and pedal along the river — or out into the picturesque countryside  —  with the River Empress serving [...]

Putting Off Europe?

Wednesday, June, 11, 2008

by Ralph Grizzle

Click The Image Above To Play Video If the lousy exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Euro has you thinking twice about traveling to Europe, you may want to think again. And this time, think river cruising. On a river cruise, you're isolated from much of the expense of [...]