Sunday, November 4, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012

At Sea Cloud Cruises they really go the extra nautical mile.

Branded champagne, branded toileteries, branded chocolates, branded slippers, branded bananas - it's their keen eye for detail that makes traveling with Sea Cloud Cruises so unique. I had the pleasure to spend a couple of days on board the River Cloud II, going from Frankfurt to Koblenz through the Rhine gorge, passing autumnal Riesling vineyards and picturesque rocks. Did I say "passing"? As far as I can remember we stopped in one or two places for morning wine tastings... Fortunately we were always back in time for lunch (that came with great wines). After a couple of hours of recovering from the exhausting day, we all gathered in the lounge for our afternoon wine tasting – that left us just enough time to slip into something less comfortable and walk over to the restaurant where they served us excellent five-course-dinners with complementing wines. A tough but tasty schedule. I'm really looking forward to my next trip: sailing from Valencia to Lissabon on the Sea Cloud II.