Bucharest is a lively city with a complicated past and a rich history. Our first peek into Romania’s capital city came as we approached via bus at the end of » Read More
CRUISING
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September 5, 2024
For many cruisers, food is a driving force in their vacations: multiple dining venues offer around-the-clock access to satisfy every craving. Lately, cruise ship food and beverage programs are seeing » Read More
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July 12, 2024
Any day on a boat is a good day, but a massage at sea makes life even more rewarding! I recently experienced two body treatments at Holland America Line’s Greenhouse » Read More
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July 8, 2024
Ahead of the Holland America Lines Islands of Iceland and Scotland cruise, I spent a couple of nights at the Midgardur by Center Hotels in downtown Reykjavik, located at the » Read More
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October 5, 2023
As our Viking Ocean cruise pulled into Warnemünde, Germany’s port, we had the option of visiting Berlin (two and a half hours by train) as well as several additional excursions. » Read More
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June 12, 2023
What can cross an ocean without wings, change locations quietly in the dark of night and carry at least a week of supplies for at least 2,000 people? Cruise ships » Read More
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June 2, 2023
I’ve just returned from Scandinavia aboard a Viking Ocean Cruise and visited five countries/nine ports-of-call during our 14-day sailing. [Explorer’s Lounge] I arrived in Stockholm a few days ahead of » Read More
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April 26, 2023
This week, I will be sailing again with Viking Ocean Cruises to explore Scandinavia and Western Europe on a 15-day sailing starting in Stockholm and winding down in Bergen, Norway, » Read More
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March 22, 2023
Cruise to the Edge (CTTE), the world’s premier progressive rock experience at sea, will take place from March 8 to 13, 2024, with its biggest cruise ever. Marking its eighth voyage, » Read More
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March 15, 2023
The Netherlands-American Steamship Company began in 1873 as a shipping and passenger line. Within 25 years of its founding, the company owned a fleet of six cargo and passenger ships » Read More
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March 3, 2023
With a youthful population (over 40% of its citizens are under the age of 45), Belgrade’s a city of contrasts fusing beauty, austerity and modernism. It’s been conquered over 111 » Read More
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January 3, 2023
With a sea day between Aruba and the Dominican Republic, we decided that a hot stone massage was in order. Located on deck 9, adjacent to the fitness center, Greenhouse » Read More
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December 28, 2022
Ahead of our Holland America Lines cruise, we first spent a couple of nights at the Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel in Plantation, a 20-minute drive from the Fort Lauderdale International » Read More
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September 28, 2022
Our 10-day Windstar Cruise aboard the MV Star Breeze included five ports-of-call: Victoria, Seattle, San Francisco, Catalina Island and San Diego (a disembarkation port for return flights home or for » Read More
