Mississippi

After many, many articles, we reach the end of the line! This extended review of the Viking Mississippi cruise from St Paul in Minnesota ends in New Orleans with this…

This is the second part of the day spent in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as part of the extended review of the Viking Mississippi cruise from St Paul, Minnesota to New…

Continuing our adventure of sailing down the Mississippi River with Viking Cruises, we arrived in the early morning in the capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge. Why is it called that…

After Vicksburg, we sailed through the night and woke approaching Natchez under the John R Junkin bridge across the Mississippi River. We docked in the town this time, although it…

We arrived in Vicksburg, Mississippi from Greenville at sunrise, although to be perfectly accurate, we docked alongside the river at Letourneau Landing. This area of Letourneau used to be very…

After leaving Memphis at sunset, we sailed through the night and for much of the next day for our visit to Greenville in Mississippi. I must admit that I had…

After our "day at sea" we awoke in the famous city of Memphis, Tennessee. With the water levels so low, we were docked alongside the nicely named "Mud Island", now…

Of course, that is a bit of artistic license - ocean cruises often have one day at sea as they sail a longer distance to the next port, and I…

This is the next chapter in an extended review of an October 2023 cruise down the Mississippi with Viking. The overview article can be found here. We arrived alongside the…

The next stop on our Viking Mississippi cruise from St Paul, MN to New Orleans, LA was in Hannibal, Missouri. As usual (for this part of the cruise) we docked…