Then why even bother?

Thanks for

up some lazy estuary.

I was thinking of booking a Mongol Hoard experience instead.

Worth every penny and highly recommended. Thanks for the smiles.

From St. Petersburg to Bucharest, then overland to take the Budapest to Amsterdam cruise. I enjoyed the civility...no kids, no gambling, no moronic stage shows.
I must confess, the idea of pillaging was very attractive when we went through the huge library at the Monastery of Melk, Austria!

... They don't raid monasteries but they do dine and dash. And you'd still have to paddle.