My first Istanbul visit was on a whim and I made a last minute change to my original travel plans and decided to spend two days in...

Black Sea cruising is usually offered in a limited time period. Since cruise itinerary is my most important criteria for cruise selection...

Last few days of my 14 day sojourn, Zurich is a very expensive city so I needed to be careful, booked a room at the lovely Hotel...

A cute town, with fabulous wine & easy to get reach by train, while at the train station took a few minutes and admired the architecture...

Metz is a lovely town located south of Luxemburg and west of the German border. Stayed at Residhome (http://www.residhome.com/) a type of...

From Paris to Brussels is a 1+ hr trip on the express train, cost 22 euro if you buy the ticket online 90 days in advance. Arrived in...

The start of my 14 day non cruising European tour, 1st stop Paris, arrived at Paris(CDG) airport and took the RER train from the airport...

Made a trip to Los Angles and stayed on the famous “Venice Beach”. Wanted to avoid the rental car scene, the stressful LA driving, not...

Review; Picked this ship( Celebrity Infinity) due to an itinerary that is only offered 3-4 times per year. Ports; the best part of this...

Arrived at Prague airport and avoided the expensive city transfers by riding the “AE” express bus which I picked up at the second...

A much underrated city with much to see, admire and amaze, Budapest is a city that is spread out but easy to navigate with a good map. I...

Embarkation: I was boarding (in Valparaiso) on the second leg of a 40+ day voyage so it was not the normal mass confusion – even with the...

Arrived at Buenos Aires in the morning and was taken aback by the heavy traffic and dirty air quality, but I guess that is to be expected...

Traveled to Santiago, Chili for 2 nights prior to boarding a cruise ship to sail around Cape Horn. Arriving Santiago will cost US...

Made two journeys to Sri Lanka, so here are the facts to help you on your visit; Infrastructure within the country is very poor, I rode...

I have dreamed of visiting the Spectacular beaches of Thailand made famous in the James Bond movie “Man with the Golden Gun.” So, I did a...

In my quest to see more of Asia, I boarded a flight and landed in Hanoi, Vietnam. Westerners arriving in Vietnam must have an invitation...

Chiang Rai is a lovely town in Northern Thailand and very close to the Burma/Laos border. At one time CR was the northern capitol of...

I packed my backpack and bought a ticket on Laotian airlines and flew to the UNESCO world heritage town of Luang Prabang (LP) exotic...

The ship can dock at various locations around the pier, so be prepared to a walk. We were scheduled to do a GPS hike at Mt. Ulriken,...