Ed Pawlowski > wrote in
:

> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:03:48 -0600, 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.
>
> I have no desire to take an ocean cruise, but the Viking River Cruise
> does look interesting. No crowds of 5000 people going ashore at the
> same time either.
>

The ship I was on carried 150 passengers. In 8 days, I managed to get to
know most of them.

On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:38:18 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
wrote:

> Ed Pawlowski > wrote in
> :
>
> > On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:03:48 -0600, 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.
> >
> > I have no desire to take an ocean cruise, but the Viking River Cruise
> > does look interesting. No crowds of 5000 people going ashore at the
> > same time either.
> >
>
> The ship I was on carried 150 passengers. In 8 days, I managed to get to
> know most of them.

Hubby calculated that if we sat with different people at every meal,
we would have had a conversation with all the passengers by the time
we disembarked (under 200 people, longer cruise). I happen to love
sea days and want to take a trans Atlantic cruise for that very
reason, but that's me.

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