Viking River Cruise 2008
The "Grand European Tour"

In September I flew to Amsterdam, where I visited many museums I'd never seen before.
Then I flew to Prague--seeing that beautiful city for the first time.
From Prague I took the SuperCity Pendolino Smetana to Vienna, where I visited with old friends.
Finally I sailed on the Viking Sky from Vienna back to Amsterdam,
via the"the Romantic Road"--the Danube, Main-Danube Canal, Main, Rhine, Mosel,
and the canals of Holland, passing through more than 80 locks.
Come with me on this once in a lifetime journey.

Amsterdam , starting and finishing point	Prague--a sidetrip before my river cruise from Vienna to Amsterdam	Vienna, with Norman and Lois Shetler, and Captain Schlee aboard the Viking Sky
Melk Abbey beautiful first stop on the Danube	Passau Don't miss this world heritage city-- our second stop on the Danube	Regensburg Also a world heritage city on the Danube
Nuremburg Albrecht Durer's hometown on the Main-Danube Canal	Bamberg "Little Venice" on the Main-Danube Canal and the Regnitz River	Wurzburg-Volkach We spent Sunday touring the Bavarian countryside, near the Main River, using Wurzburg as our home base
Wertheim Picturesque village on the Main (and Tauber)	Mainz Stunning cathedral, Gutenberg Museum, Old Town, Cathedral Museum treasures	Castles on the Rhine The middle Rhine, from Rudesheim to Koblenz
Mosel River Vineyards and charm along the Moselle, from Koblenz to Cochem	Bernkastel-Kues Picturesque villages on the Moselle River--Our last stop before returning to Koblenz	Koblenz Koblenz, at the confluence of the Mosel and the Rhine
Home
	Cologne The Cathedral alone is worth going to Cologne to see.