On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:54:17 -0800 (PST), merryb >
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>On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 2:49:28 PM UTC-8, Janet wrote:
>> In article >, gravesend10
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>> @verizon.net says...
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>> > On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:22:33 -0500, Nancy Young
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>> > >On 11/19/2013 5:03 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
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>> > >> Even a bit more OT, but I recently (July of this year) took my first
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>> > >> Viking River Cruise. It definitely won't be my last. Eight days of
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>> > >> lesiurely cruising up the Rhone River in the south of France, no wasted
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>> > >> days cruising with no land in sight like on the ocean cruises, a free
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>> > >> included tour each day and affordable optional tours, good food, and wine
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>> > >> and beer included with lunch and dinner.
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>> > >The ads give me the impression that all the passengers hang out in
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>> > >a large room or two, is that how it is?
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>> > Those river boats are small but you don't spend a lot of time on them.
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>> > The boats take you to various towns along the river where you tour the
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>> > town and dine/sleep at some land accomodation. The river boats are
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>> > essentially a water taxi, far from luxurious.
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>> You do talk some rubbish
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>> http://www.globalrivercruising.co.uk...s-of-southern-
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>> france-itinerary-prices-dates.html
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>> Janet UK
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>I remember seeing a show about river cruising- I think it was in England. Not a river by ones I am used to seeing- these are what I would call a wide creek. They went through little locks, and stopped at little B & Bs along the way. It looked absolutely lovely!

Fine if what one prefers but still those boats are little more than a
small ferry... they call it a river cruise but one can do just as well
if not better traveling by bicycle, as most Euro rivers don't smell
any too sweet.
http://www.trektravel.com/region/eur...FRQaOgodnDYAIQ
A river cruise is really a way to tour for the old and/or infirm...
it's like touring the US National Parks by Greyhound bus.