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suspaul

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    Rock Hill, SC
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    Viking, Avalon
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  1. Just left Viking Alsvin this am around 7am and being bused from Treis Karden to Paris via a stops in Luxembourg and Reims before reaching Paris this evening. Have been doing Christmas in the Rhine & Moselle, Zurich - Paris with hotel stays in each end. Boarded the Idi (change of boats) on 12.8, cruised to Strasbourg where we docked for several nights outside of town. We’ve had 1 night cruising. Did the dreaded ship swap to the Alsvin and spent the last 4 days/nights docked in Treis Karden. Sadly due to high water levels we’ve been bused everywhere and had quite a few excursions cancelled. Hope future cruises have better luck!
  2. Hi, we’ve been to Vietnam twice, our first time was with Avalon Waterways, can’t say enough wonderful things about this trip. Total of 28 travelers, very nice, small river ship, excellent tours and staff, wouldn’t hesitate to say…take a look. But, that isn’t what you asked, our first time was in early January and it was quite warm. We’re from the Gulf Coast in Texas so know what heat & humidity are and this was equally hot and HUMID as our summer temps. The 2nd time was on our own in early December, not as hot but wetter. Personally we can’t imagine going in July & August. Have you looked at typical temps for that time of year in the towns along the river and in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. I do get that the costs would be reduced so if heat and humidity doesn’t bother you, go for it. It is a wonderful trip to a welcoming and beautiful country. Here’s a tip…right before we left, I went to WalMart and bought 6-7 thin, short sleeved inexpensive tee shirts. Something that could be washed in the sink or shower and quik drying. They were life savers. We found we’d shower 2-3 times a day. Bring very lightweight clothing, good walking shoes, baggy pants and a good hat. Oh and plenty of sunscreen. Just an aside, on our Avalon ship we had to remove our shoes when getting back on board, the crew would take our shoes and wash them and we’d wear slippers or sandals. They were very particular about outside shoes. May not be the case with other companies. Enjoy, you won’t be disappointed!
  3. Viking appears not to ask for proof of vaccination any longer and beware, COVID is still out there. Have friends who just returned from the Grand European - all 4 came home COVID positive. We also returned last week from a river cruise in France, tho not Viking, again, husband came home positive along with 2 friends. All are fully vaccinated. Just know, take precautions, excursions are in full buses and with so many now traveling again it’s just a fact of life. This is not just a Viking issue, our cruise line did not ask for vaccination proof either.
  4. Hello! We did this tour/cruise with Avalon Waterways in early 2016. We preferred the itinerary to Viking or any other. It was excellent, very small river ship, we had a total of 28, 4 of this # only did the Mekong cruise. Very spacious cabins and nice public area, fantastic crew and tour guides extraordinaire, I just can’t say enough good about Avalon, and with the group being small, you pretty much got to know everyone, we had a wonderful trip. As a matter of fact, we enjoyed it so much we did a return visit to Central Vietnam on a private tour, December 2019. If you have an interest - find an itinerary that suits you and just GO!
  5. Sounds like someone is having a bad day!
  6. In 2016 we did the Mekong and land in Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi with Avalon. Can’t say enough wonderful things about them, especially on this tour/cruise. We had a total of 28 passengers, 4 of them did the cruise portion only, so our #’s dropped to 24. It has been the best of all of our cruises, be it river or ocean. Avalon paid attention to every detail, lovely land accommodations and large and spacious cabins on the river cruise portion. Excellent food and crew, wonderful excursions and enough free time in ports to do your own touring if wanted. Just perfect. We enjoyed Vietnam and Cambodia (not as much) that we booked a return trip to visit Central Vietnam in 2019 with a customized land tour, no river cruise. We would definitely recommend Avalon for the Mekong. This is not a comparison as we’ve only cruised with Avalon but it was fantastic.
  7. Enjoy your travels, take it easy and take in the scenery and surroundings.
  8. A few years ago we used this company, link below, for multi city and multi country travel between Prague to Nuremberg, Nuremberg to Vienna and Vienna to Budapest. Excellent company, quick response to help us book the above over a 2 week period.. You can choose your vehicle size and get an instant quote, new, clean vehicles and each of our drivers were very nice. we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them. Have a great trip. https://myeurotaxi.com/
  9. I love the throws too….next cruise in December one will be coming home with me….I’ll pay for it 🙂
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