The drill was that we puttered along the river in the morning, moored up and had lunch (with 3 new cheeses and wines to try each time). After lunch we were met by a small bus and taken off to see/do something – we were never more than 20 minutes on the bus. So you had a nice mixture of riverine views in the morning and French towns/chateaux/wineries etc in the afternoon. We then had cocktails and dinner on board – and because you were moored up you could go into any nearby town etc in the evening. Dinner also involved 3 new wines. The standard of food was very good – they had a great chef on board and used very fresh local produce – which you could see being taken on board at some of the locks along the way.