The Value Of Repeating Your Viking River Cruise

I had sailed with Viking River Cruises on their Grand European Tour before.  First was the summer of 2013, after higher than normal river levels had caused modifications of all river cruise itineraries, regardless of the cruise line.  That 15-day Read More …

Continuing Curiosity After Travel

Embracing Your New-Found Interest Cruising enables inquisitive travelers to sample a number of destinations as they travel, some of which they may want to visit again one day.   By ocean or river, a one day stop at any given Read More …

Viking Health Protocols = Zero Positive Travelers

Highlighting a solid advantage of small ship sailing, health protocols on our recent Viking river cruise added up to zero passengers testing positive for COVID. That was the announcement on the very last day of our 8-day sailing from Basel Read More …

Journey To The Top Of Cologne (Photo Storybook)

On a 15-day Grand European Tour with Viking River Cruises, we visited a number of interesting places while traveling from Budapest to Amsterdam. Weighted heavily on German destinations, one of the most interesting was a long stay in Cologne.  The Read More …

All The Motorcoach Photo Tricks I Know

Workarounds for seeing the world through the windows of a tour bus. Read More …

Recipes: Viking Wienerschnitzel To Die For

One of the critical elements of a cruise vacation is to leave our real life behind for a while, allowing it to reset so that when we return we can start anew; perhaps from a bit different perspective.  Cruise vacations Read More …

My Viking Story In Photos And Reflection

One of our favorite parts of cruise travel happens after we get off the ship and are back home in Orlando.  It is then, with some distance between us and the people, ships and experience of Viking Ocean Cruises that Read More …