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Mike R 2018

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    Jackson, TN
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Viking/Celebrity/Royal Caribbean
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Rhine Getaway

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  1. Greydog- Please expound on the Bratislava tour was less than exciting, if possible. My wife and I are signed up for that excursion in July... -Notamermaid- Your observations and comments were appreciated on Cruise Critic prior to our 2019 Viking Rhine Getaway cruise. Thank you once again!
  2. Thanks for the updates. Sorry things have changed. We travelled pre-COVID, which may explain the changes...
  3. You're going to some excellent ports. Take the small boat trip to the oldest windmill at Kenderdijk. We did- and enjoyed it. We took the walking/eating all-day tour and had a grand time in Strausbourg. I would highly recommend the excursion as you see the sights in the old city and the canals, plus you get to sample the food/wine grown in the region. I'll add two pics I took. Lastly, if you are docking at Rudesheim au Rhine for an evening, please consider finding a great restaurant on your own as we did. The excursion for dinner at a beer hall was far too "touristy" for us.
  4. I have a set of Nikon Trailblazers 8x25 that are excellent for vacations- I've taken them on several. Very compact with great optics.
  5. ...Just one reason we enjoy vacationing in Europe. I've found a pic that I took that evening. This was taken at just one of the city squares in Cologne we walked through...
  6. We took the "beer crawl" excursion in Cologne (our third excursion that day :-)). We had quite a bit of fun as we were bused to an older part of town, then walked to three beer halls, trying the special beer of each. We also had a nice German meal. Along with the camaraderie of our group of about 20 from the boat, we truly enjoyed chatting (in both English and German) with several locals. It was so nice to walk by several hundred, yes, several hundred locals sitting under umbrellas at tables drinking beer, eating snacks, relaxing and talking at the many outdoor cafes we passed while walking. It was refreshing to see them enjoying the evening with friends and family. That Friday night is etched in my memory as that experience wouldn't happen in a large US city today... We were bussed back to the boat at about 10 PM. Our cruise was in June, 2019. The Bruel Palace tour was very nice as was the walking tour of Cologne. The tour guide of the latter was superb. We enjoyed our cruise/stay in Amsterdam in 2019 so much that we're off to the Prague/Romantic Danube cruise in July...
  7. My wife and I are on the Viking Var in July- Possibly the same cruise. We have booked our pre-cruise stay in Prague at the Augustine hotel which may be where you're staying. During our pre-cruise stay in Amsterdam a few years ago (on the Rhine Getaway), we had three Viking reps visit our hotel daily to offer advice on things to do and where to eat. They were excellent on-site resources. They lived in Amsterdam... Hopefully, you will have the same helpful on-site Viking staff at your Prague hotel. We've used Tours by Locals in Sicily... It was a pricey, but excellent tour catering to our specific requirements. ...Hope this info is helpful/reassuring. If you're arriving in Prague on 7/9/24 and staying at the Augustine, we may meet you there... Any questions? I'll try to answer them for you. Here's a pic of the excellent Viking staff who visited us at our Amsterdam hotel...
  8. My wife and I are on the Viking Var in July- Possibly the same cruise. We have booked our pre-cruise stay in Prague at the Augustine hotel which may be where you're staying. During our pre-cruise stay in Amsterdam a few years ago (on the Rhine Getaway), we had three Viking reps visit our hotel daily to offer advice on things to do and where to eat. They were excellent on-site resources. They lived in Amsterdam... Hopefully, you will have the same helpful on-site Viking staff at your Prague hotel. We've used Tours by Locals in Sicily... It was a pricey, but excellent tour catering to our specific requirements. ...Hope this info is helpful/reassuring. If you're arriving in Prague on 7/9/24 and staying at the Augustine, we may meet you there...
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