Brooklyn1 > wrote in
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> 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.
>

Not on Viking. You sleep on board.