Aboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 Queen Mary 2 sailed from Liverpool toward North America on July 4, exactly 175 years (and about 8 hours) after the first passenger voyage across the Atlantic by the line that became known as Cunard. Red Arrows of the Royal Air Force fly over Queen Mary 2 in Liverpool, England…
When the chairman of Viking River Cruises set out to build his first ocean-going ship, he followed the theme song of many an aging free-thinker: Torstein Hagen did it his way. Hagen’s new ship, the 930-passenger Viking Star, now is cruising to ports from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean Sea, following a May naming ceremony…
Reproductions from the amazing Bayeux Tapestry fill the stairwell walls of the new Viking Star cruise ship, which is no coincidence because the Norman Conquest was a great Viking victory.
Flakes fall and snow on the floor provides a bit of shock to your tootsies when you walk into the Snow Grotto on the new Viking Star, especially if you have just left the sauna or steam room.
The new 930-passenger Viking Star, now cruising on itineraries to Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, and in between, is one of the prettiest cruise ships you will see.
With two additional ships in the Mediterranean, expanding Windstar Cruises intends to be the leader of the world’s small cruise ship fleets.
Exploring the river Seine on Avalon Tapestry II, my wife and I journeyed to the castle ruins of Robert the Devil and my ancient family Norman homeland that we left 950 years ago
If you are looking for a sophisticated design, contemporary menus, and beds that face the river, consider Avalon Waterways, including the Tapestry II on the Seine between Paris and the beaches of Normandy.
Truffles, the fruit of a fungus, are an acquired taste, which is much easier to acquire than the truffles themselves.For truffle hunting in Europe, you may want to consider a guided tour, such as the excursion from the Forseti of Viking River Cruises in Bordeaux.
When your riverboat cruises past road signs that remind you of high-priced bottles in a fancy wine store, you know you are in France. A week on the 190-passenger Viking Forseti, for instance, begins and ends in Bordeaux, a city in the center of one of the world’s great grape-growing regions. Saint-Emilion square in…