Last year I offered an explanation as to why we chose Viking for our first river cruise. So it seems appropriate that I explain why the choice this year was European Waterways.
Probably the main reason was that we wanted somewhere warm. So we looked at Mediterranean cruises and they were all on really huge ships. The small ones had almost 1,000 passengers. The 180 people on board the Viking Grand European Cruise was fine but we didn't want to go any bigger. So we started looking at southern European cruises.
European Waterways had a number of options in France and one in Italy. The French versions were exclusively repurposed Dutch barges that served 4 to 8 people while the Italian version was La Bella Vita with rooms for 20. I don't know yet what she was in her previous life but her name was Mery, which she still carries on her bow. She was refurbished in 2010 so she should still look pretty good.
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