EET SMAKELIJK! Don’t worry about how to pronounce it, but in Dutch this


means “Bon Appetit!” Like seafood lovers who adore summer’s soft shell crabs or autumn’s scallops, the Dutch adore the season for matjes – the first herring of the summer’s catch. These tiny fish are butterflied, brined and served with minced onions, beginning in May. Tradition calls for holding the fish by the tail, poising it over your open mouth – then it’s down the hatch in one fell swoop!


Münster, a five-towered basilica. Lunch follows at a historic hotel set in Germany’s oldest nature reserve. Back aboard ship, hear the story of events at a railroad bridge over the Rhine where Allied troops helped bring WWII to an end. Meals BLD


5.  COCHEM / MOSELLE VALLEY Start your day with an introduction to the Moselle River, where your riverboat diverges from the Rhine today, en route to the town of Cochem and a walking tour of Reichsburg Castle, a


turreted beauty. After time to explore the town on your own you’ll head to the Schlagkamp Wine Museum for a tasting, where some 10,000 wine-related objects portray the region’s rich heritage of wine making. Meals BLD


6.  LUXEMBOURG & BERNKASTEL Docked in Bernkastel, your day begins with an excursion to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to visit its well-preserved Old Town, starting at Constitution Square. You’ll go inside


NETHERLANDS Amsterdam Maximum Elevation: 1,036 ft. Nijmegen GERMANY BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG


Cochem Bonn


Trier Luxembourg FRANCE Bernkastel Speyer Strasbourg


Koblenz Boppard


Worms Heidelberg Plittersdorf Baden-Baden


VOYAGE AT A GLANCE  12 CRUISE DAYS


Basel SWITZERLAND Lucerne 76


Amsterdam to Basel Day Destination  1 Arrive Amsterdam  2 Amsterdam  3 De Hoge Veluwe Nat’l Park  4 Bonn  5 Cochem  6 Luxembourg, Bernkastel  7 Trier, Bernkastel  8 Boppard  9 Heidelberg  10 Baden-Baden  11 Strasbourg  12 Basel or Lucerne 13 Depart Basel


Basel to Amsterdam Day Destination  1 Arrive Basel  2 Basel or Lucerne  3 Strasbourg  4 Baden-Baden  5 Heidelberg  6 Boppard  7 Cochem  8 Luxembourg, Bernkastel  9 Trier, Bernkastel  10 Bonn  11 De Hoge Veluwe Nat’l Park  12 Amsterdam 13 Depart Amsterdam


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