IT’S a time-honoured nautical tradition to wish a new ship fair winds and following seas, but stepping aboard the Imagery II river cruise boat I realise that this low-slung, streamlined vessel is bound to have a silky-smooth passage down the Rhine Gorge in Germany.
Wind and tide are banished in this picturesque valley and the newly-christened “Suite Ship”, with its full-height, panoramic stateroom windows that slide across to form an open-air balcony, is full of fre… (View original article)