Viking Longship Mani
Discover the Rhine
Enhance your Rhine river cruise with stops each in Belgium and Holland. Take an extraordinary cruise that spans 5 countries. You’ll explore medieval Bruges and Ghent and canal-laced Amsterdam, the cultural centers of the Low Countries. Then enjoy the magnificence of the Rhine, sailing past sloping vineyards, fairy-tale castles and quaint villages.
Norse Heritage
In Norse mythology the gods banish Mani and his sister Sol to the heavens because their father was so arrogant as to name them “moon” and “sun.” There, they guide their namesake orbs across the sky, counting the years for humankind. One story says that wolves pursue Mani and Sol through the heavens. In another tale, Mani’s children, whom he took from the earth while they were collecting well water, follow him in the darkness. Still today, some Norwegians see in the craters on the moon the shapes of two people carrying a pail of water on a pole.
