While there are so many different ways to travel the world, one way that I had yet to try was a river cruise. After finally taking the plunge and trying it out, I thought I would share my experiences to help you see if a river cruise trip is right for you!
To be honest, I was a little apprehensive at first because from what I had heard from others, they weren’t any fun for the early 40’s crowd. Disclaimer-I’m not your average 40-year-old. I’m the gal who still loves to go and hang out with the younger crowd at least 2 to 3 times a month.
Something I’ve noticed in my several years of travel is that age doesn’t always tend to be the determining factor in the life someone brings to the party. We’ve travelled with people in their 20’s who went to be before 10pm and people in their 70’s who could not only out-drink us, but also partied way past when we we’re calling it a night.
A perfect example of this was the first night of our river cruise. I arrived with one thing in mind-sleeping off this jet-lag. However, we ended up meeting the most incredible group of people and spent the entire night getting to know them over drinks. (Putting us at almost 36 hours without sleep-WORTH IT!)
The following morning we woke up to the most gorgeous morning on the water. We were met with warm coffee and the exciting schedule for the day. Passau was our first stop of the trip and on the schedule included getting to see the most beautiful scene where “The Sound of Music” was filmed. Our day was packed full of adventures which left everyone with no choice but to leave the jet-lag behind and keep up for the fun!
The destinations that this river cruise took us to where out of this world spectacular. The trip included visiting four different countries, all of which I could talk about all day long! (In fact, give me a call! I’d LOVE to tell you where you should go and eat for your next trip there!)
From sitting in the concert hall where Mozart played, to having bread from an amazing ancient bakery, to climbing up to see the castle ruins in Dürnstein to passing through the iron curtain to drink wine in Bratislava, this trip left nothing but the most incredible memories.
After deciding to try it out, I am so thankful I decided to go on a river cruise. Truly, it was one of the most memorable trips we’ve taken yet. If you ask me, the question isn’t “should I do a river cruise” the question is “which river cruise should I do?” And that my friend is where we come in!
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