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<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Next Tuesday I will be on the road again, this time to Amsterdam for a Viking River Cruise down the Rhein River to Basal, Switzerland.\u00a0\u00a0 Just like prior to leaving for Africa earlier this year, I\u2019m noting here some pre-trip \u00a0anxiety .\u00a0 Prior to Africa I was concerned about everything from getting malaria (we didn\u2019t see a bug the whole time) to being murdered (our guide killed us, in a humorous way), so all my fears were eventually allayed. \u00a0But now on the eve of our river cruise, several events have given me pause.<\/p>\nTwo couple friends of ours have taken river cruises this year in Europe, the river flooded one couple out and changed their itinerary, and a river lock damaged the aft of the other couple\u2019s boat and they had to stay ashore for three days.\u00a0 That\u2019s 2-for-2, so it would seem that we could be in for a few surprises. \u00a0Here are three of my concerns:<\/p>\n
My wife thinks she knows German (she took two years in high school) and I fear that she is going to misspeak While we thought that October would be a great time to go to Germany to enjoy Oktoberfest, we’ve come to find out that it is mostly in September and will be over two days before we get there, so I fear we’ll get to see the Hungoverfest.<\/p>\n And finally, there is free wine and beer on board for the entire 8 days we\u2019re on the cruise, so someone will probably fall overboard\u00a0. . . just hope it isn\u2019t me . . . again.<\/p>\n We\u2019re looking to grow our ‘followers’ list, so please help us by \u2018subscribing\u2019 in the white box at the top right side of this page. \u00a0You then must go to your email and \u2018confirm\u2019 your subscription.\u00a0Then a new blog will come directly to your email address each Monday. \u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s easy and free!\u00a0 Thank you!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Next Tuesday I will be on the road again, this time to Amsterdam for a Viking River Cruise down the Rhein River to Basal, Switzerland.\u00a0\u00a0 Just like prior to leaving for Africa earlier this year, … read more<\/a> and get us in the middle of \u00a0a Neo-Nazi head-shaving ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/a>Stay tuned for the reality of The Rhein River Cruise – or at least reality as I see it, which may be a bubble off plum.<\/p>\n