The Lower Danube is a highly rewarding river cruise, culturally revealing about what this part of Eastern Europe once was, and also a lesson to Westerners about its life today.
From $100 lunch in Italy to advice from a Headhunter in Borneo
A $20 cab ride away from the Strip lies the heart of Las Vegas. Downtown Vegas seems a world away from the Strip’s brand of glamour – glittering capacious casinos, bustling high-end restaurants, masses of humanity shopping to throw down wads of money, glitzy shows, and celebrities on parade. You won’t find that sort of…
A growing demand for bigger, grander suites Big, fancy, expensive suites, with butlers, are among the fastest growing accoutrements on cruise ships. Their size and number seem to increase with each new ship. Silversea's Silver Spirit, docked at Rhodes, has Grand Suites that measure about 1,400 square feet, bigger than many apartments (Photo by…
For a Clevelander traveling the world, the celebrity status of NBA star LeBron James brings us instant recognition. In Israel, David Blatt always is in the same sentence.
Travel destinations such as Scotland and Tabago, a train ride across Canada, and activities such as scuba diving and kiteboarding top the bid lists as the startup approaches for the public auction conducted annually as a fundraiser by the Society of American Travel Writers. Browsers and bidders may log on to the SATW auction website:…
Cruise passengers may meet chefs, learn cooking techniques, dine from fancy tasting menus, and, my favorite, follow a ship’s chef to market at ports around the world.
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…
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.