I dunno just how I got on their mailing list, but I did. They have great brochures, beautiful photographs of beautiful European locations. They run one and two week river cruises in big (450 ft) brand new modern river boats. Pricey too, $7K to $14K. The new boats are advertised to have super green hybrid engines and even an organic herb garden.
Before these brochures started popping up in my mailbox, I had no idea that Europe was so well watered. They run these big cruise boats to nearly every city in Europe. They run from Amsterdam to Bucharest, with stops along the way at Cologne, Nuremburg, Regensburg, Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade. As well as Basel in Switzerland. And others.
This good water communications must have had something to do with medieval Europe's progress into the most advanced place on Earth by 1700. River transportation is as good as having a steam railroad, and a lot cheaper. You don't have to buy iron rail and lay track. That sort of bulk freight capacity has gotta be good for economic growth back in medieval times.
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