The Australian Women's Weekly

Homing in on the Rhine

Years ago, studying French at uni in southern Africa, I decided I’d live in France and that Strasbourg – the prettiest looking city in my encyclopedia – was the place I’d call home. Instead, I ended up in Sydney. Talk about having a hopeless sense of direction!

So, it was with excited curiosity that in May I finally made it to my long-lost French ‘home’. Happily, Strasbourg – a prime stop on Viking’s eight-day, four-country Rhine Getaway cruise between Amsterdam and Basel – exceeded expectations. Its entire historic centre,

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