French river cruises | Viking longships | French countryside | castles and wine
Garbo
Cool, understated elegance that belies inner sparkle and sizzle.
From the Mekong to the Amazon, Bordeaux to Budapest, river cruises are proving the new “nine-to-five adventure”. Longships are tapping into what seems an insatiable desire for good food, fine wines, providore markets and ancient towns along the waterways of France. Susan Skelly reports from the comfort zone. If proof were needed that river cruising…