Cruising the Rhine ....

We boarded our cruise on Sunday although the first 24 hours were in port as passengers were offered tours around the city. We finally pulled away at 4:30 and have been travelling down the Rhine Canal and now in the Rhine itself. There rare 136 passengers on board, Aussies and Americans being the main nationalities. 

Cruising the river is a great way to travel - very relaxing and the food is excellent. We're get to Cologne this afternoon and we have a couple of city tours lined up and then a classical concert on board tonight.

It's an interesting contrast compared to the previous three weeks where we did our own thing. The internet connection from the boat is via satellite, so posting these is a bit iffy.