Very enjoyable cruise but some major missed opportunities.
Very nice accommodations, very friendly and helpful crew, excellent food, plenty of wine and beer at meals at no extra cost. Great on board guides, Judy, Beata, Daniel and Ashraf were all terrific. Friendly cruisers and alumni travellers which makes a big difference in the experience. On the downside we expected a lot more education about the areas we were in. Our city guided tours were very good but we had a lot of leisure time on the boat and no talks. No education on the various regions of wine although our cruise took us through three different wine regions. No talks about the centuries of beer brewing in Germany nor discussions of roman conquest except by our city guides. My husband and I just think it was a huge missed opportunity to help people understand european culture and history. In fact my husband, who had served twice in germany in the army volunteered to give a talk on The American Soldier in Germany during the Cold War, which almost all the cruisers showed up for and was very well received and another cruiser who is a fitness professional gave two sessions on fitness. Most people who travel are eager to learn about where they are visiting and this cruise would have been an excellent opportunity.