Here you can read some of my random thoughts and posts on cruising and travel, but not necessarily related to my cruising history.
During our journey for the recent river cruise our trans-Atlantic flights took us as far as Austria, where we spent one night at an airport hotel and then flew Austrian Airlines from Vienna to Zagreb. That was about a 1 hour flight, and for a little over $100 total we could upgrade to business class….
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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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How do you calculate all the places that you have visited? One way to do that would be to just track the countries you have visited. However, there is another way to track that includes countries and unique destinations. Unique destinations are part of a country but some what unique in their distance from the…
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As some cruise lines have built bigger and bigger ship, other brands like the growing Silversea Cruises are filling the niche of small ship luxury cruising that is vastly underserved. But why would some one choose one type of cruise over another> Since August of 2021, we have taken 8 cruises on all three types…
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The Top Reasons why you might want to try a different cruise line other than your favorite Let’s face it, those of us who cruise often, all have a favorite cruise line. The cruise lines want to keep us coming back and offer perks for repeat passengers. For those at the first level of returning…
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