On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:22:33 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 11/19/2013 5:03 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
>
>> Even a bit more OT, but I recently (July of this year) took my first
>> Viking River Cruise. It definitely won't be my last. Eight days of
>> lesiurely cruising up the Rhone River in the south of France, no wasted
>> days cruising with no land in sight like on the ocean cruises, a free
>> included tour each day and affordable optional tours, good food, and wine
>> and beer included with lunch and dinner.
>
>The ads give me the impression that all the passengers hang out in
>a large room or two, is that how it is?

Those river boats are small but you don't spend a lot of time on them.
The boats take you to various towns along the river where you tour the
town and dine/sleep at some land accomodation. The river boats are
essentially a water taxi, far from luxurious.