Riverboat Cruise? Floating hotel? We’re finally boarding our first Riverboat and it is a beauty. We’ve traveled Europe quite a bit, but now as seniors, and to celebrate our anniversary, we wanted to do this one differently.

Luggage and room in one place for a full week was the first thing that appealed to my wife. For me, any travel with photo opportunities, and I love being on the water.

We were greeted at the airport in Bordeaux by a representative of the Viking Riverboat Cruises. Us and eight other, soon to be shipmates, were escorted on a bus and offered cold bottled water, welcome in this July morning.

Local sites included. Beautiful ancient Churches.

Horse Drawn Coaches take us to wine tastings…

http://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=18 (River Cruise Tips)