We had been considering a European river cruise for some time now, but the catalyst was John and Julie Kime booking the Viking River Cruise, "Rhine Getaway".  It was the perfect length, one week; we had never been to that part of Europe before, and it conjured up visions of castles along the Rhine, Siegfried's Rhine Journey music, the Black Forest, schwartzwalderkirschtorte and gemutlischkeit; and, we could enjoy it all with our friends John and Julie.  The cruise starts in Basel, Switzerland on Friday, 23 May 14, and ends in Amsterdam on Friday, 30 May 14.  The ship is the Viking longship Ingvi.Ingvi