Diary of Avalon Rhine & Moselle River Cruise

Avalon Waterways

The Rhine & Moselle Northbound

MS AVALON ARTISTRY II^®

The Rhine flows through six countries (Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Germany and The Netherlands).  We began our journey in Zurich, Switzerland and ultimately ended up in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

When 2015 began, we had not anticipated taking a river cruise this year, but several events put things in motion which ultimately ended up with our selecting this particular river cruise.

We'll share our story, including the highlights of the cruise.   It will take some time to tell the complete story, so we've created this "anchor" page.  It will later become an in-depth reference for anyone planning a similar adventure.
  

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	Port	Blog Posts	Photo Albums
	Planning, Travel, Tips & More	Heading for Zurich Save Time and Money in Zurich	Zurich - Movenpick Hotel
Pre	Zurich, Switzerland	National Museum Zurich Felsenegg Lookout Zurich Boat Tour	Zurich - National Museum Zurich - Stained Glass (National Museum)  Zurich - Felsenegg Zurich - Boat Trip
1	Zurich, Switzerland	Excursion to Mount Pilatus Beautiful Lucerne	Pilatus - Gondola Pilatus - View Pilatus - Cave Tunnels Pilatus - Cogwheel Railway Lucerne
	Avalon Artistry II	Artistry II Embarkation Evening Artistry II Embarkation Basel Artistry II Embarkation Dinner Welcome Aboard Avalon Artistry II How Suite It Is on Artistry II Avalon Panorama Bistro Dinner Avalon Artistry II Chef's Dinner Avalon Artistry II Galley Tour  Avalon Wheel House	Basel - Embarkation Artistry2 - Embarkation Evening Artistry 2 - Embarkation Dinner Avalon Artistry II   Avalon Artistry II - Panorama Bistro  Artistry II - Chef's Dinner Avalon Artistry II Galley Artistry II Wheel House
2	Breisach, Germany	Excursions in Breisach On-board Buffet Lunch Breisach Afternoon Excursion to Colmar Colmar Unterlinden Museum Breisach Welcome Dinner	Breisach - Black Forest Colmar - Walking Tour Colmar - Unterlinden Museum
3	Strasbourg, France	Strasbourg Complimentary Visit Avalon Grill Lunch History Lesson Near Strasbourg Strasbourg Shopping Strasbourg Evening Program Sail-Away from Strasbourg	Strasbourg - Canal Boat Tour Strasbourg - Walking Tour Strasbourg - Cathedral Strasbourg - Grill Lunch Strasbourg - Maginot Line Strasbourg - Evening Strasbourg - Sail-Away
4	Mannheim, Germany	Heidelberg Castle & Courtyard View from Heidelberg Castle  Helidelberg Walking Tour Playing Hide & Seek with Artistry II Late Afternoon Tour of Mainz Spending Evening in Mainz	Heidelberg - Castle Ruins Heidelberg - Castle Courtyard Heidelberg - Castle Barrel Building Heidelberg - View from Castle Heidelberg - Old Town Mainz - On Our Own Mainz - St. Stephan Mainz - Cathedral
5	Rudesheim, Germany	Self-Playing Musical Instrument Collection Rüdesheimer Coffee Tasting Cable Car in Rüdesheim Rüdesheim Shopping Castles Villages & Vineyards Oh My Middle Rhine River - Loreley Avalon Panorama Bistro Dinner	Rudesheim - Siegfried's Museum Rüdesheimer Coffee Tasting Rüdesheim - Cable Car Rüdesheim - Return Ship Romantic Rhine Cruising Avalon Artistry II - Panorama Bistro
6	Bernkastel, Germany	Good Morning Bernkastel Taste of Bernkastel  Visit to Landshut Castle Bernkastel Wine Tasting Avalon Artistry II Chef's Dinner	Bernkastel - Walking Tour Landshut Castle Bernkastel - Wine Tasting Artistry II - Chef's Dinner
7	Grevenmacher, Luxembourg	Grevenmacher to Trier Trier City Tour Sunday in Trier Luxembourg City Tour Notre-Dame Cathedral Luxembourg More Luxembourg Prominent Attractions Sailing from Luxembourg	Grevenmacher to Trier Porta Nigra Trier - Churches Trier - Market Square Trier - City Tour Drive to Luxembourg Luxembourg City Luxembourg Notre-Dame Sailing from Luxembourg
8	Cochem, Germany	Cochem Town Walk Reichsburg Castle Cochem St. Martin Chuch Cochem German Lunch Buffet Cochem to Koblenz Thanksgiving Dinner in Koblenz	Cochem Walking Tour Cochem - Reichsburg Castle Cochem - St Martin German Lunch Evening in Koblenz Koblenz Dinner
9	Koblenz, Germany	Sayn Butterfly Garden Sayn Palace St Castor Basilica Koblenz Rhine Moselle Confluence Cogwheel to Dragons Castle Avalon Dinner in Königswinter	Sayn Butterfly Garden Sayn Palace Koblenz - St Castor Basilica Koblenz - Confluence Konigswinter Konigswinter Dinner
10	Cologne, Germany	Walking Tour Cologne Cologne Cathedral Sailing From Cologne Avalon Wheel House	Cologne Walking Tour Cologne Cathedral (Interior) Cologne Cathedral (exterior) Cologne Sail-away Artistry II Wheel House
	Kinderdijk, Netherlands	Inside a Kinderdijk Windmill Kinderdijk - Old Meets New  Artistry II Farewell Dinner Overnight in Hoorn Netherlands	Inside Kinderdijk Mill Kinderdijk Artistry II Farewell Evening in Hoorn
12	Volendam, Netherlands
13	Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Video Diary of Avalon Rhine & Moselle River Cruise on Artistry II. This was a 13 day river cruise that started in Zurich, Switzerland and concluded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

We posted a few teaser images during our cruise on our Facebook page.  Now we are completing the story - come back often.

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