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Snake charmer in Tangier, Morocco
Cruises

Oceania’s Lesson Takes Shoppers to the Kasbah—Snakes Included

November 8, 2013 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Oceania’s Lesson Takes Shoppers to the Kasbah—Snakes Included

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 […]

Sign on cafe in Piraeus. Greece
Cruise Lines

Memories of the Glory That Was Greece on a Walk around Piraeus

September 24, 2013 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Memories of the Glory That Was Greece on a Walk around Piraeus

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 […]

Gondola traffic jam in Venice
Carnival Cruise Line

Has Venice Become Too Popular and Crowded For Its Own Good?

August 22, 2013 Wallace Immen 1

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 […]

Serenity waterfall and pool on a quiet day
Carnival Cruise Line

What Works– and What Could Work Better–on the Sparkling New Carnival Sunshine

August 14, 2013 Wallace Immen 2

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 […]

Bouquet in Castellet, France
Carnival Cruise Line

Gorgeous Colors of Provence Come Vividly Alive on a Tour from Carnival Sunshine

July 30, 2013 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Gorgeous Colors of Provence Come Vividly Alive on a Tour from Carnival Sunshine

If you can’t spend a year in Provence, you’ve got to at least grab an opportunity to spend a day exploring it. Carnival Cruise Lines offered numerous options on Carnival Sunshine’s visit to Marseille. While […]

Cat on the walls of Ephesus
Azamara Cruises

Azamara Evening Makes Ancient Ephesus Even More Amazing

July 7, 2013 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Azamara Evening Makes Ancient Ephesus Even More Amazing

If you want to know the best place to sit in the ancient theater in Ephesus, follow a cat. The many felines who roam the ruins of the Odeon after the tourist throngs have left […]

Monk at monastery of Mykonos
Azamara Cruises

Life’s a Beach, but First Azamara Passengers Visit a Monastery

June 26, 2013 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Life’s a Beach, but First Azamara Passengers Visit a Monastery

Boy am I glad I didn’t suggest to someone at I’d meet them beside the white building with the flat roof on Mykonos. As the tender from the Azamara Journey tied up at the main […]

Sunbathing on Playa Flamingo
Central America

Another Day, Another Gorgeous Beach on Star Flyer’s Costa Rica Voyage

March 10, 2013 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Another Day, Another Gorgeous Beach on Star Flyer’s Costa Rica Voyage

They call them wet landings for good reason: You get your feet wet because there aren’t any docks along the beaches Star Flyer visited in a week sailing along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Coming in at […]

View from crow's nest of Star Flyer
Central America

Getting a Crow’s Eye View of Sails and Sky on a Climb Up Star Flyer’s Mast

February 17, 2013 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Getting a Crow’s Eye View of Sails and Sky on a Climb Up Star Flyer’s Mast

Don’t look down! The crowd on deck was ribbing me as I hung precariously from a rope ladder halfway up one of the masts of the sailing ship Star Flyer. It was a highlight of […]

The edge of Mombacho volcano in Nicaragua
Central America

An Exorcised Volcano’s Still Hot on a Star Flyer Tour in Nicaragua

February 15, 2013 Wallace Immen 1

It’s enough to get you believing there really is an Underworld. The unholy heat, the endless smoke and the choking smell of sulfur that you sense at the rim of the Mombacho volcano’s seemingly endless […]

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