A spectacular journey through man’s early history dating back 8000 years! Seeing early building accomplishments boggles the mind with each passing village! Countries visited, cruise ship and crew were totally outstanding; the weather however was miserable from start to finish, cold wind and rain mist every day! Tour guides for the most part were well qualified and most spoke english clearly, some not so clear. Buses were excellent, in fact, every aspect of Viking travel and transfer arrangements rated exceptional. Cruise director Michal was superb in every category as were the Hotel director and maitre ‘d. Stateroom was well maintained by Rabush, a very friendly and efficient steward. The star of the crew staff very quickly surfaced from day one contact through to the very end of the cruise was Krista! She was there to satisfy every need including those we didnt know we needed! Krista will always be our memory of the exceptional journey we enjoyed aboard the Kidlan!