Why my first European river cruise was a revelation

Michael Turtle
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:34am, first published August 9 2019 - 12:00am

I'm not sure what I had imagined, but this wasn't it. I'm on my first European river cruise and I guess I had been expecting something more like a floating retirement home, a perpetual game of bridge on water perhaps. But my eyes aren't playing tricks. As I survey the crowd of passengers on board I see, gasp, young people!

Michael Turtle

Michael Turtle

Travel writer

Michael Turtle is an Australian journalist who left his job in television to travel the world forever. He'll show you how to find the lesser-known places, get involved in the culture, learn the history, and meet locals along the way.