This cruise was my second ocean cruise as a solo traveller with Viking Cruises. The first time I travelled solo with them was from Barcelona to Rome for a week, and I loved it. This time, the journey would be for two weeks, cruising from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale,...
If you are wondering what to do on a sea day on a Viking Ocean Cruise, this guide will help you with tips and ideas how to have a great time on your cruise. On my recent cruise on board Viking Star from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale, there were five days at sea in the...
When the lovely folks at Viking invited me on a Viking ocean cruise from Barcelona to Rome, of course, I said yes. Then the panic set in. I hate being on water, I can’t swim, and I’ve seen the movie Titanic too many times. I know what could happen. A...
A few years ago, Jonathan and I took a two-week river cruise with Viking from Budapest to Amsterdam, and we loved it. So, when Viking very kindly invited me on an ocean cruise onboard the Viking Sky from Barcelona to Rome – well, I wasn’t going to say no,...
Neither of us had been on a river cruise before, and although we were very excited that Viking River Cruises had invited us on their “Grand European Tour,” to be honest, we had a few reservations. Spending two weeks, together, on a boat, in a cramped...
< Our Viking River Cruise Grand European Tour: Day 13 – Cologne, Germany Tonight was a restless night on my Viking cruise, don’t ask me why, maybe it’s the thought of returning to normal life, we are so used to having everything done for us on the cruise and...
< Our Viking River Cruise Grand European Tour: Day 12 – Braubach, Germany You Can’t Get More Central Than This We woke up to a fantastic view of Cologne city, with views across the Rhine River to the city’s famous gothic cathedral. What a fabulous start to...
< Our Viking River Cruise Grand European Tour: Day 11 – Wertheim, Germany Sight Seeing Has Never Been So Easy This morning we entered the Rhine River and spent time up on the sun deck, taking in the views – hillside castles, steeply terraced vineyards,...