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When Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas begins sailing from Barcelona in May, she'll do something few other ships have ever done: remain abroad.
For the first time, a North American-based cruise line will sail the Mediterranean year-round. Europe's Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises already operate Med cruises 24/7.
And it's not only in the Med that the cruise season is extending. Cruise ships visit Copenhagen and other destinations in Northern Europe as late as December.
And European River Cruises are now offered into early January. In the interview that follows, I talk with Peter Whitehead, a tour guide for Amadeus Waterways about Christmas Market Cruises on European rivers.
