Get into the spirit with this article about the delicious, culinary side of German Christmas Markets, written by Suzanne Corbett, Real Food Traveler’s award-winning Food History Editor. Savoring German Christmas Markets Christmas has a German accent. At least it...
We enjoyed this delicious, boozy coffee drink on the Viking River Cruise’s Rhine Getaway itinerary, which sailed from Basel to Amsterdam. It was presented one afternoon as a demonstration on board in conjunction with afternoon tea. Viking often does food or...
In the summer of 2025, we had the wonderful opportunity to do back-to-back river cruises with Viking. The first cruise was on the Rhine River. While Viking’s cruises sail in both directions, our cruise started in Basel, Switzerland and ended in Amsterdam, The...
Here’s a by-the-numbers European vacation plan made easy: 1 set of transatlantic flights; 2 Viking River Cruises done back-to-back; 2 rivers sailed; 2 times to unpack and pack in Europe; 4(+) countries and more than 15 destinations visited; immeasurable number of...
On a recent trip to Germany, writer Sherry Spitsnaugle boarded a chartered ship that sailed along the Rhine River. Among the delicious foods she enjoyed on the ship was Onion Gravy, served over sliced beef. Sherry was able to obtain the German onion gravy recipe to...
