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26/02/2025

Misty Durnstein on the Danube. Winter river cruising with

15/10/2024

Two nights in Amsterdam, 11 nights on the Rhine & Moselle, two nights in Lucerne, Switzerland 🇨🇭 and two more upcoming in Zurich before my 2024 “Dream Cruise” concludes. Great trip, great group. Ready for next year’s Dream Cruise on the Rhine.

06/05/2022

Through nearly five decades of travel and three decades of cruising, I’ve learned a lot – much of it through trial and error. This post details a dozen things that I did right on my trip to France this past April and one thing where I goofed. What about you? Care to add to my list? https://www.rivercruiseadvisor.com/2022/05/12-things-i-did-right-when-traveling-to-europe-last-month-one-thing-i-got-wrong/

Through nearly five decades of travel and three decades of cruising, I've learned a lot - much of it through trial and error. This post details a dozen things that I did right on my trip to France this past April and one thing that I goofed on.

22/04/2022

Our chef, Pascal, deserves a Michelin star ⭐️ or two. This is not just from me but from 20 others on the barge with me. Many recipes, Pascal told us, came from his grandmother. Does it get any more French and authentic than that? In fact, it does. On our final night on board Pascal serenaded us with La Vie En Rose.

20/04/2022

Probably the most beautiful part of our two barge trips.

20/04/2022

Canal du Centre

19/04/2022

The river life.

19/04/2022

Seen on the Saône. Riviera’s William Shakespeare.

18/04/2022

Look who I found in Saint-Jean-de-Losne, Avalon Poetry II, a favorite of ours and one that Britton cruised on and loved 🥰 this past spring.

18/04/2022

Barging Burgundy with

17/04/2022

Canal barge.