A Kid's View Of The Great Land: Seeing Alaska through the eyes of my 10-year-old son. [Story was originally published in 2007.] 'Dude! Alaska is soooooooo awesome!' These were the words uttered by my 10-year-old son on our first morning in that most majestic of American states, … [Read more...]
Welcome Aboard French Country Waterways Horizon II
Yesterday, I wrote about a rendezvous in Paris to begin our French Country Waterways barge cruise through Burgundy. We left Paris at around 3 p.m. and just before 6 p.m. reached the village of Tanlay, which was wearing spring colors — picture-postcard perfect. Matthew, our host, … [Read more...]
How River Cruises & Barge Cruises Differ
Make no mistake. River cruises and barge cruises are completely different beasts. Designed specifically to transit locks along the way, modern river cruisers are long and narrow, as are the locks themselves, which measure more than 600 feet long but are only about 40 feet … [Read more...]
Oceania Cruises Riviera Ship Review
Meet Riviera Like her older fleet mates and her sister Marina, Oceania Cruises 1,250-passenger, 66,084-ton Riviera offers a calm, adult cruise experience, with none of the flashy theme-park attractions you increasingly find on the big mainstream ships, and no concessions made to … [Read more...]
Friendly Folk At Baristas, Oceania Riviera’s Complimentary Coffee Bar
I spent half an hour up at Baristas yesterday talking to, well, the baristas. So far, they've all been from Italy, and some of them have had long careers on ships. The guy pictured left in the photo above, Gianni, started working on ships in the 1980s and has served on Sitmar, … [Read more...]
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