Irwell wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:56:14 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Martin wrote:
>>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:22:26 +1000, Alan S wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:11:11 -0500, Janet Wilder
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, I really hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do 8-) I was going to
>>>>>> take a cross-Canadian train trip this year, but Elderhostel sent me
>>>>>> some information on a canal trip in the Netherlands. . .
>>>>>>
>>>>> Part of our trip will be a 16 day river barge cruise from Budapest to
>>>>> Amsterdam.
>>>> Can I come too? I'm very cheap and I don't eat much...
>>> You might be wondering why they are travelling on a barge?
>> The barge is like a small cruise ship. Here is the trip
>>
>> http://www.uniworld.com/cruise.asp?ID=130
>>
>> Here is a picture of one of their barges
>>
>> http://www.uniworld.com/cruiseships.asp
>>
>> All meals, including local wines, are included. There is an on-board
>> host who conducts the tours in the cities the boat docks in. You can go
>> with the tour guide or on your own. We can travel from place to place
>> without having to pack and unpack as our "hotel" room comes along with us.
>
> Uniworld is a good outfit, have gone on two of their tours.
> Siberia, Central Asia and Russia, and small ship cruise to the Canary
> Islands.
Thank you for posting that. It's our first trip with them and I've only
heard good things. Our TA did the trip and she recommended Uniworld over
the others.
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Janet Wilder
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