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I'm trying to find our Roll Call. We're on the Nautica October 10, 2018 Barcelona to Rome. We would love to connect with others and plan some excursions.

I was initially confused by the thread title, because Scenic is the name of one of the river cruise companies. I think you asking more generally about the scenery of different itineraries.

 

Some people love river cruising from the get-go (we did), but others hate hate hate it. Since you can't know which reaction you will have, I would advise against a long cruise like Budapest to Amsterdam.

 

The single most scenic stretch is probably the Rhine Castles between Koblenz and Rudesheim. So I would suggest a 7-day cruise between Amsterdam and Basel. Fly in to Amsterdam a day or two early and enjoy the city, then perhaps visit nearby Switzerland (Lucerne and Zurich) at the end. We did this itinerary this summer on AMA Cello and had a wonderful time.

We will be doing this same cruise next June. Any particulars you would tell us not to miss or anything about it we would benefit by knowing ahead? We have never been on a river cruise, but this was highly recommended. We will fly into Zurich a few days early and stay in Amsterdam 2 days after.

This has been an amazing blog/journal. We are taking an 11 day cruise from Sydney to Auckland and all of your suggestions will be so helpful in planning our time. We will spending 6 additional days in the North Island area.Thank you so much for all the wonderful information and pictures.

Now at the Auckland airport awaiting our flight in about an hour to Brisbane. Three and a half hour flight. Two-hour lay-over there, then a nine-hour and 20-minute flight to Honolulu covering, 4690 miles. Finally, today, a 43-minute flight from Honolulu to Kona. Lots of flying today as we cross the International Dateline and gain a previously-lost day back.

 

Late morning to finish in Auckland, we did a visit to their Art Gallery with its excellent NZ collection and many interesting pieces featuring their native population. Much of that history featuring the Maori was not accurate, but looked good. The portraits done of historic Maori chiefs and leaders was super fascinating. This building had several contemporary pieces by NZ artists that we had seen outdoors yesterday at Connells Bay Sculpture Park. This gallery has had some very nice, new additions that are works of art in their own right. Good stop and sampling late this morning and early afternoon.

 

Glad to be so close to where Waihekean lives on your wonderful island.

 

Correction: It was Man O' War Winery, not Man of War. Their website is:

http://www.manowarvineyards.co.nz

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

If Venice is one of your future desires or past favorites, you might look at this earlier posting that I did on the Italy board that shows many options and visual potentials for this city that is so great for "walking around", personally sampling the great history and architecture. This posting has now had 33,177 views and I appreciate those who have dropped by and tuned in.

Venice: Loving It & Why??!!

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1278226

Terry, We are taking this cruise in January. I was curious to know if this excursion can only be done through the Celebrity excursions. We usually plan private excursions, but it doesn't seem that this is possible for this overnight. What other suggestions would you make? What did you do in Hobart? We've been before and would not want to go to the wildlife sanctuary again.

Here is the link to the thread

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=261

Just wanted you to know we enjoyed meeting you and spending time together. We hope all is well since you returned home. All the best, Sheila & Jeff

We're going! Come over to the meet and mingle page and join the group. We've done LOS before and loved it. Did the Oasis and Allure but to be honest, as wonderful as they are - and they ARE amazing - I think I like the Freedom class better! Hey, we're gonna be on a cruise!!! They are all wonderful:D

We'll be cruising with you. We have never done Western Caribbean but have done Eastern on the Allure and loved it. Looking forward to just kicking back, having fun and meeting new friends.