Going on a river cruise is a great experience and I was specially happy that i went on my first Rhine with Avalon Waterways. As part of this cruise there were 1 night pre cruise in Amseterdam, 1 night post cruise in Lucerne Switzerland and 3 nights in Lake Como Italy. Our first tour in Amesterdam was in an off the beathen path tour that took to a different and upcoming area in Amesterdam. We saw a lot of unusaual buildings and experienced lovely viewes of the canals Amesterdam is known for as you can see in this picture