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• December 29, 2020

  My year without travel: Reflecting on the pandemic and staying close to home

  What a lifestyle change that 2020 has been, without travel. Weary of wariness, I am not finished with world travel, but I will carry a mask.

• November 25, 2018

  400 years ago, a different kind of ocean voyage began at England’s cruise port

  Stand atop the city walls of Southampton today, and you may imagine the Pilgrims of 1620 boarding the Mayflower for their historic voyage to America.

• November 5, 2018

  Cruising from Barbados, port of beaches, cricket matches, rum, and a synagogue reflecting Jewish history from 1654

  Highlight old Barbados marketplace is a stunning synagogue dating from 1654. one of the oldest Jewish houses of worship in the Western Hemisphere, 

• July 24, 2015

  A celebratory Atlantic crossing on Queen Mary 2 ends in New York City

  When the Queen Mary 2 made its way toward the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, beneath which we could see New York’s skyline peeking into the purple sunrise, half the ship’s passengers already were on deck. Queen Mary 2 nears the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at 5:34 a.m., the New York skyline ahead (Photo by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com) Passengers…