Really enjoyed the cruise. Viking had someone there at the airport to pick us up. The ship was lovely. The crew was wonderful. This was my first river cruise with Viking. I especially enjoyed the emphasis on the culture of the parts of France that we visited. The local guides were great and presentations on ship were also good. Food goes without saying wonderful. The standard cabins were a bit tight but you are only there to sleep and shower. Only one incident that I found concerning was an alarm early one morning that had went off and everyone responded with life jackets. What concerned me is the lower staterooms emergency doors closed and everyone on the two lower decks were locked in without an explanation. We were lucky that everyone remained cool headed. The doors were eventually opened, but we never got an explanation of what happened. A bit disappointing was we were unable finish the trip as planned at Chalon-sur-Saone due to the river being to high for us to get under the bridges. We did get to see Beaune and our trip to Paris we had a lovely lunch and walking excursion which broke up the trip.

We spend three days in Paris which was lovely.