Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Italy Greece Turkey Cruise It had been 33 years since I had visited Venice, yet this city hasn’t seemed to change a bit. Well, except for maybe the crowds. I had always heard that Venice is more crowded in the summer and my last two visits in 1989 were in March and…
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We recently took a fantastic 7 Night Cruise to Norway on Celebrity Silhouette with our wonderful group of wine lovers and our Ascension Cellars winery hosts. When I was recommending shore excursions, I had many people ask me how strenuous the Briksdal Glacier hike was, so I thought I would describe each stage of the…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise We have sailed many times on the Silhouette, so I won’t do a detailed review except to say that it was everything we have come to expect from Celebrity Cruises. Great service, beautiful venues, wonderful food and fun activities and entertainment. Instead of Karaoke, they have sing with the Band….
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise We love the fact that Celebrity provides us such great venues and are great hosts for our wine makers and our wine lovers. Dave and Lisa Dinsmore of Ascension Cellars are extremely knowledgeable about wine and their boutique Paso Robles wines have been a favorite of ours for years. Our…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise Stavanger ended up being a catch up on email and workday for me, so I did not go ashore. I did go ashore 5 years ago when we were in the same town and visited the Petroleum Museum. However, we took several pictures from the ship and some of the…
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