Rhine River Cruise with Viking! Part I
Looking out my window on flight to Amsterdam- so beautiful!
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Starting to get dark and we are very tired. The flight overseas it murderous. We watched non-stop television and ate two full meals by the time we landed in Basel.  Barfusser Church  This Gothic style church dates back to the 14th century.   Basel City Center with it green shutters and cobble stone streets.On a Viking cruise the dress is very casual. Most people wear comfortable walking shoes and light weight coats or layers to take off as needed. At all meals, everyone eats at the same time and sits wherever they like. There is no pressure to sit with the same people each day, in fact, we tried very hard to meet many people by sitting at different tables daily.
The food was spectacular. We were never hungry and felt we ate pretty healthy even though we indulged in the complimentary beer and wine during lunch and dinner. 🙂 With Viking you don’t have to purchase a beverage package. We had plenty of drink at each meal and they even had a nice variety of German and Belgium craft beer for Dave and French wines for me.
 The presentation of the food was never disappointing. Day 2 found us in Breisach, Germany. Breisach has beautiful vineyards along the Rhine Valley and is just west of the Black Forest. The bus ride through Breisach and its surrounding towns was just breathtaking. Breisach enjoys an almost tropical climate and it’s a town that we plan on visiting again.
  Black Forest Cake- need I say more?!  Before we were set free to explore the Black Forest we watched a Black Forest Cake demonstration then sat and age a whole piece. Sweet and yummy!   Cute restaurant near the Black Forest.  Passed this gem on the bus ride to the Black Forest
     Day 3 landed us in Strasbourg, France! On this excursion we visited the European Parliament and took a tour of the interior of the city’s famed cathedral.
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