On 12/06/2016 3:38 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 6/12/2016 5:27 PM, graham wrote:
>
>>> We cruised from Amsterdam to Budapest along the Rhine, Main
>>> (pronounced like “mine” in English), and Danube rivers a few years ago
>>> and it was fantastic! You won't be sorry.
>>>
>> The thought of a cruise doesn't appeal to me at all. However, 2 friends
>> so enjoyed their Danube cruise last year that they are soon going on a
>> similar one in Italy.
>> I prefer to cycle - then one can bike off the calories gained by
>> indulging the evening befo-)
>> Graham
>
> Regular cruses have no appeal to me either, but the river cruises are
> different. They stop in the middle of the city. You could probably
> take a bike with you and do some cycling.

My accountant really enjoyed a river cruise on the Rhone. However, while
on a canal towpath, we cycled past one of those river cruises,
admittedly not one of the huge ones one sees on the really big rivers,
and it certainly didn't appeal. Perhaps they will when cycling becomes
too strenuous.
Graham