It seems you can’t go far these days without being told you should have a “bucket list” of things you need to experience before you kick it. But I prefer to think of travel as […]
“Wurden sie gerne eine Kutschfahrt?” No, that’s not as rude as it sounds. The driver was just asking us if we would like to take a carriage ride. At the cab ranks around the main squares in […]
So let me get this straight: two skinny guys are going to steer us safely down that steep hill on this makeshift toboggan? They look a lot like gondoliers in Venice with their jaunty straw […]
Just going for a walk around the decks of Oceania’s Riviera is like taking a stroll through salons of an art museum. On every wall and in every corridor there are paintings, sculptures and art glass […]
The abiding truth about Florence is that it’s a long journey inland from the cruise port of Livorno. That kept Firenze safe by being a day’s march inland for invaders, but let’s face it; the […]
A snake charmer was doing head fakes with a five-foot-long viper he’d wrapped around his neck like a scarf. A couple of times he seemed to actually kiss it while a duo of horn players […]
A taxi tout at the port of Piraeus summed up what he thought tourists could find in the city: “It’s a good place to find a coffee, but that’s about all.” Surely, he was just […]
A lot’s been written about the Royal Princess since it made its debut in Europe with a christening by Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. It’s certainly the largest and most impressive new cruise ship […]
The breathtaking beauty of Venice is both a blessing and its curse. No other place on Earth has matched the feat of keeping its shape since the high Renaissance. It’s evaded not only urban renewal […]
There’s so much to see on the newly rebuilt Carnival Sunshine and there’s been so little time to actually see it. On my cruise from Barcelona around the Mediterranean to Venice, it’s been a port […]
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