This was our first river cruise and I hope it won't be the last. We booked this 2 for 1 cruise back in August and we also got a great airfare at $400/person from Portland, Or to Basel, Switzerland.

After getting our luggage we were greeted by the Basel Viking River Cruise greeter and led to our bus for the short 20 minute ride to our ship, the Viking Forseti which is one of the newer ships in the fleet at just 8 months old. Checking in was a breeze and we were led to our stateroom and our luggage was delivered in minutes.

They had a lunch buffet up in the lounge and we partook of that as well as our first glass of wine. Wine and beer are served free of charge at lunch and dinner. After that we headed back to the stateroom to try and take a nap as we were exhausted from our 23 hours of travel. Read more