We could only watch with our noses up against the bus window at the floaty Rhine cruisers wending their way by.
Of course it’s what you aspire to but needs must when you’re a student or an OS (overseas) Aussie or Kiwi, so it was the Top Deck bus for us back then.
Mind you the booze was flowing and there was love (or lust) in the air as we headed back from the Oktoberfest in Munich.
Probably best then that they’d pencilled in a trip to church to seek forgiveness… and not any old church but the colossal Cologne Cathedral.
Much has changed in Germany since those heady late-teen days and there’s snow on the beardie now.
Koln card
But the Rhine still flows gently along the same route and God is in his world in Koln.
Where you can see his house in even more glory now with a lift up the outside of the building and peer inside at our fellow worshippers at prayer.
All of which awaits you with Cassidy Travel and their Festive Markets Rhine River Cruise.
Cassidy are offering a four-night all-inclusive Arosa Aqua for December 2 or 6, from €9,199pps.
With an upgrade to a French Balcony Cabin for €150pp extra.
Cassidy will fly you out from Dublin to Dusseldorf with 10kg check in luggage allowance.
Booze cruise
As well as the four nights on board, you’ll have gourmet buffets with live cooking and all-inclusive restaurants.
There’s a heated outdoor whirlpool, spa including sanarium and gym.
And on-board entertainment each evening.
You’ll start in Cologne and take in Rudesheim, Mainz, Frankfurt, Koblenz and back in cathedral city.
And just as back in the day when we were the busboys to the floaty Rhine cruisers, these Cassidy cruisers get to enjoy all the beverages you like.
