Cork and Kerry A.R.I.: Rhine Cruise /Mallow ARA

We have just returned from our Cruise on the Rhine taking in Germany France and Switzerland.We travelled with Riviera Cruises and would like to thank Ruth Haugh of Travel Focus for arranging our trip. We had a really wonderful trip of a lifetime.We travelled via Dublin to Dussledorf where we were picked up and taken on to Cologne to our ship The MS Jane Austin. It is the first season for this ship so everything was spanking new.The ship was very comfortable with a large lounge at the front with bar and grand piano and a smaller cafe at the rear where we could get coffee tea and cookies 24/7. There were 3 decks and the dining room was on the middle deck with sun deck on top with plunge pool and small putting green. there was also a sauna steam room and hairdressers. The staff were very nice and couldn't do enough for us. We also had 3 reps from Riviera travel who were wonderful at organising our trips and seeing to our every comfort.
The food was absolutely wonderful and beautifully presented. The trip included breakfast ,Lunch ,Afternoon tea and 6 course dinner, so I am afraid we are all on diets now!
our trips included Koblenz.Rudeshein,Speyer, Strasbourg,Breisach, Lucerne,Titsee and Basel. We travelled through the fabulous Rhine Gorge, the black Forest and the Swiss Alps seeing the Eiger and the Junfrau. We saw the Lorlei which many will know was a temptress who lured sailors to their death.
On the Swiss Alps we saw the cows with the bells around their necks and a beautiful Alpine garden with lovely flowers including the Eidleweiss.
On our return we flew back from Zurick which is an enormous airport, it even has a train to take us to the boarding gate!