Viking has included daily excursions and also upgraded excursions. We booked two upgraded ones but other than that, we stuck to the daily included ones. I did wish we had booked a couple of the dinner/drinks excursions as it sounded like it was a lot of fun. Perhaps next time.
Our first port was in the Netherlands. We started early in the morning by boarding a bus and taking a drive through the town of Rotterdam to a farm where we signed up to learn about how cheese is made. This was an upgraded excursion. We really enjoyed the small farm and the woman we met, who is also a cheese maker. It was interesting to taste the difference between “mature” cheese, which is dryer and has a sharper taste, than the young cheese. The cheese made at this farm is Gouda and is either made with milk or goat cheese. We learned so much about cheese but I do wish we could have tried more of it.
We loaded up on the bus again and arrived at our included excursions in Kinderdijk...windmills!!
This was an amazing sight to see and I couldn’t wait until we got a closer look. The windmills were build to control the dams and they are still working today with the help of a “Miller” who lives inside. We were able to tour inside of one of the mills and see the Miller, who was wearing his iconic wooden Dutch shoes.
This was definitely a highlight of the trip.
Our second port was Cologne, Germany. The major attraction is Cologne Cathedral and it was beautiful.
After lunch we went back out on our own so we could place our lock on the Love Lock Bridge. I had been seeing this on Instagram and came prepared with a lock. It was so neat to see the millions of locks.
Our third port and highlight of that stop was Marksburg Castle. It sat up on a hill and we were able to go inside for a tour.
It was really neat and is currently available to rent as an event venue. Have you ever wanted to get married in a castle?
We sailed down The Rhine for the rest of the afternoon looking at castles along the hillside. We ended our evening in a town called Koblenz, Germany. Sadly, the cable cars were already closed, which is something I really wanted to do.
It was really neat and is currently available to rent as an event venue. Have you ever wanted to get married in a castle?
We sailed down The Rhine for the rest of the afternoon looking at castles along the hillside. We ended our evening in a town called Koblenz, Germany. Sadly, the cable cars were already closed, which is something I really wanted to do.
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