Due to river conditions caused by heavy rain, the Hemming did not move. Corporate knew this when we were bussed to the boat and tried to complete the scheduled itinerary via busses. Hours each day on buses.

A woman onboard was ill and in the closed environment of the bus excursions many others including my wife became ill.

We should have stayed in Lisbon and Viking could have conducted interesting local tours. One tour involved almost 8 hours on a bus to and from Salamanca Spain, for a 3 hour excursion. Read more