Imagine squeezing into a shipping container 12 feet wide and 40 feet long that’s packed with supplies and gear. Imagine being sealed inside for the next six months with someone you don’t love, practically rubbing […]
Remember the Space Race? What a lot of hot air and fear was generated over the superpowers’ headline grabbing space feats–from the beeping of Russia’s Sputnik to Americans’ footprints on the moon. It was also a […]
On the eight lane highway, traffic is moving as normal in and out of central Moscow—at a pace that would make a snail seem speedy. There’s no accident, no road work, not even a government […]
I’ve been welcomed aboard many a ship, but seldom with such simple grace as the greeting from the crew of Scenic Tsar at a rural dock in Moscow. The port is in the middle of […]
The contrast between the bustling and industrial Rhine and the idyllic Moselle River in Germany couldn’t be more stark. Overnight the Scenic Crystal has taken a right turn at Koblenz, Germany and up this […]
You’ve got to hand it to those early Dutch traders for fuel efficiency. They could travel thousands of miles on a galleon. Okay, bad joke. But you’ve still got to marvel at the bravery of […]
Roel Boulengier likes dark and stormy nights the best. “I like it when the winds are howling and the rain is pouring: that’s when the windmill does its work the best,” he proclaims, standing on […]
Avalon Waterways calls its new river ships “panorama class,” and from the moment I stepped aboard the latest, Avalon Vista, I could see why. You’re on the water and you want to see the view, so […]
North Holland is windmill country, a landscape that inspired generations of Dutch masters as well as decades of paint by numbers sets. It’s easy to see why on a day excursion from Avalon Waterways’ new port stop […]
Like all great fairy tales, the events unfolding had a building sense of enchantment. The dual christening ceremony to launch two Avalon Waterways’ Panorama-class ships was a rare event, even for a cruise industry that is […]
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