Jul 12

Jul 12 Japan by Land: Temples, Trains and Tame Deer on a Two-Week Grand Tour

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend two week touring around Japan with Riviera Travel starting in Tokyo before moving to Hiroshima, then Kyoto before a stay in the Japanese Alps and a stay in Toyama.

Jun 24

Jun 24 Japan by Sea: a 19-Night Grand Voyage on Cunard's Queen Elizabeth

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend 19 nights on board Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth cruising around Japan on their Grand Japan cruise.

Feb 15

Feb 15 Cruising the Great Lakes on Viking Polaris

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post where we diarise a very special week on board Viking Cruises expedition ship, Viking Polaris, cruising the Great Lakes from Milwaukee to Toronto, including Niagara falls.

Feb 2

Feb 2 Viking names its two newest river ships in Luxor, Egypt

Helen

Cruise News, Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in the blog post featuring two YouTube videos about Viking cruises newest river ships, the Viking Sobek and Viking Hathor sailing on the River Nile in Egypt. Watch the videos for a full ship tour of the Viking Sobek and a special few days celebrating the naming of these two ships, including a stay at the Nile Ritz Carlton in Cairo.

Jan 19

Jan 19 Two weeks exploring Norway with Hurtigruten

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this epic blog post diarising our two week cruise on Hurtigruten’s MS Trollfjord where we dive deep into Norways stunning coastline, sailing from Bergen to Svalbard and back on a Svalbard Line cruise

Dec 31

Dec 31 Our favourite restaurants in Barbados

Helen

Food and Dining, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post where we take you to our favourite places to eat in Barbados, including QP Bistro, The Tides Restaurant, Fish Pot restaurant, Local and Co., Caboose, Cafe Bar Carizma, Sea Shed restaurant and La Cabane.

Oct 31

Oct 31 Riviera Rhine cruise and Glacier Express extension

Helen

Cruising, Land Tours, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend a week on board Riveria Travel’s MS Geoffrey Chaucer cruising the Rhine river from Cologne to Basel, followed by a 3 night land extension in Switzerland, including a day on the Glacier Express train.

Sep 22

Sep 22 Cruising the Lower Danube river on AmaMagna

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend a wekk on board AmamWaterways double width river cruise ship, AmaMagna, sailing from Bucharest to Budapest on a lower Danube luxury river cruise

Sep 15

Sep 15 Azamara Quest Monaco Grand Prix cruise

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we sail on board Azamara cruises luxury boutique ship, Azamara Quest. sailing from Nice to Barcelona, including an exclusive excursion to the Monaco Grand Prix race day.

Aug 18

Aug 18 Caribbean Luxury on board Silversea's Silver Nova

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this YouTube video as we take you along on our 10 night Caribbean cruise on board Silversea Cruises newest ship, Silver Nova, sailing from Barbados to Fort Lauderdale.

Jul 1

Jul 1 Holland America Line Alaska Cruise

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we cruise Alaska with Holland America Line on MS Eurodam visiting Juneau, Glacier Bay, Icy Strait Point, Sitka and Ketchikan, including links to relevant YouTube videos.

Mar 18

Mar 18 Golden Triangle and Sacred Ganges Voyage on Uniworld's Ganges Voyager II

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we join a Uniworld voyage starting with a five day tour around the Golden triangle (including visits to Dehli, Agra, the Taj Mahal and Jaipur, the pink city), then a week on a river cruise on the Ganges Voyager II sailing along the sacred Ganges river.

Dec 22

Dec 22 Emerald Azzurra Caribbean cruise review

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us, Rich and Helen, in this cruise review blog as we sail around the Caribbean on board the luxury super yacht, Emerald Cruises Emerald Azzurra.

Dec 5

Dec 5 A review of Beach View Hotel, Barbados

Helen

Hotels, Destinations

Visit With Us, Rich and Helen, in this blog post, as we review our stay at the luxury Beach View Hotel in Paynes Bay, St James on the west coast of Barbados.

Oct 14

Oct 14 Cruising New Zealand

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us, Rich and Helen, in this blog post as we travel from Sydney, Australia to Auckland New Zealand on a two week cruise on board Holland America Line’s MS Noordam.

Oct 6

Oct 6 Cruise v. Land Tour - New Zealand by land and sea

Helen

Cruising, Destinations, Land Tours

Visit With Us, Rich and Helen, in this blog post exploring the advantages and disadvantages of touring New Zealand on an escorted land tour with Riviera Travel or on a cruise with Holland America Line.

Aug 23

Aug 23 A week on the waterways of Venice

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend a week in the Venetian lagoon on board Uniworld cruises luxury river ship, the SS La Venezia with a pre-cruise extension in Milan before arriving in Venice.

Jul 27

Jul 27 Circumnavigating Australia - week 4, the South Coast

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in the final part of this four part blog as we diarise our last week of a four week circumnavigation cruise of Australia on Princess Cruises Coral Princess, sailing from Melbourne, Victoria along the south coast stopping at Kangaroo Island, Adelaide, and Albany before returning to Perth in Western Australia.

Jul 26

Jul 26 Circumnavigating Australia - week 3, the East coast

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in part three of this four part blog as we diarise our third week on a four week circumnavigation cruise of Australia on Princess Cruises Coral Princess, sailing from Cairns in the Northern Territory down the east coast stopping at Brisbane and Sydney before heading towards Melbourne and Tasmania.

Jun 21

Jun 21 Circumnavigating Australia - week 2, the North coast

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in part two of this four part blog as we diarise our second week on a four week circumnavigation cruise of Australia on Princess Cruises Coral Princess, sailing Western Australia from Kuri Bay on the Kimberley coast to Darwin in the Northern Territory.

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