My wife and I had been on many cruises, but never on a River Cruise and had never been to Europe. We're limited to vacation times during the year due to her teaching schedule and Xmas week has been customarily our time to to go to Florida, the western part of the U.S., and to the Caribbean and Mexico..

So to go to Europe during the winter, was not what I was expecting when my wife booked our cruise a year and a half in advance. The price looked great 2 for 1, as well as the airfare, which during Xmas and New Years usually seems to skyrocket.

After returning last weekend, I must say that what you see and read in Viking's Brochures is exactly what we received and more. On a rating of 1-10, we would rate it a 15 !!! The ship, the staff and crew, the menu's, the tour guides and excursions were phenominal. We traveled to Hungary, Austria and Germany, with stops in Budapest, Vienna, Melk, Passau, Regensburg and Nuremberg. Read more