We had been looking forward to our European river cruise for weeks. Then a few days before our trip, we got a notice from our cruise company. Due to abnormally low water on the Rhine, all river traffic had been shut down near Cologne, Germany. The ship couldn’t reach our embarkation city in Switzerland. There would be no cruise on the Rhine that next week.
Of course, we were disappointed. Visions of German castles and French vineyards had been dancing in my head for months—and now it wasn’t going to happen.
