Oct 31

Oct 31 Riviera Rhine cruise and Glacier Express extension

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend a week on board Riveria Travel’s MS Geoffrey Chaucer cruising the Rhine river from Cologne to Basel, followed by a 3 night land extension in Switzerland, including a day on the Glacier Express train.

Sep 22

Sep 22 Cruising the Lower Danube river on AmaMagna

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend a wekk on board AmamWaterways double width river cruise ship, AmaMagna, sailing from Bucharest to Budapest on a lower Danube luxury river cruise

Sep 15

Sep 15 Azamara Quest Monaco Grand Prix cruise

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we sail on board Azamara cruises luxury boutique ship, Azamara Quest. sailing from Nice to Barcelona, including an exclusive excursion to the Monaco Grand Prix race day.

Aug 18

Aug 18 Caribbean Luxury on board Silversea's Silver Nova

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this YouTube video as we take you along on our 10 night Caribbean cruise on board Silversea Cruises newest ship, Silver Nova, sailing from Barbados to Fort Lauderdale.

Jul 1

Jul 1 Holland America Line Alaska Cruise

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we cruise Alaska with Holland America Line on MS Eurodam visiting Juneau, Glacier Bay, Icy Strait Point, Sitka and Ketchikan, including links to relevant YouTube videos.

Mar 18

Mar 18 Golden Triangle and Sacred Ganges Voyage on Uniworld's Ganges Voyager II

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we join a Uniworld voyage starting with a five day tour around the Golden triangle (including visits to Dehli, Agra, the Taj Mahal and Jaipur, the pink city), then a week on a river cruise on the Ganges Voyager II sailing along the sacred Ganges river.

Dec 22

Dec 22 Emerald Azzurra Caribbean cruise review

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us, Rich and Helen, in this cruise review blog as we sail around the Caribbean on board the luxury super yacht, Emerald Cruises Emerald Azzurra.

Dec 5

Dec 5 A review of Beach View Hotel, Barbados

Helen

Hotels, Destinations

Visit With Us, Rich and Helen, in this blog post, as we review our stay at the luxury Beach View Hotel in Paynes Bay, St James on the west coast of Barbados.

Oct 14

Oct 14 Cruising New Zealand

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us, Rich and Helen, in this blog post as we travel from Sydney, Australia to Auckland New Zealand on a two week cruise on board Holland America Line’s MS Noordam.

Oct 6

Oct 6 Cruise v. Land Tour - New Zealand by land and sea

Helen

Cruising, Destinations, Land Tours

Visit With Us, Rich and Helen, in this blog post exploring the advantages and disadvantages of touring New Zealand on an escorted land tour with Riviera Travel or on a cruise with Holland America Line.

Aug 23

Aug 23 A week on the waterways of Venice

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend a week in the Venetian lagoon on board Uniworld cruises luxury river ship, the SS La Venezia with a pre-cruise extension in Milan before arriving in Venice.

Jul 27

Jul 27 Circumnavigating Australia - week 4, the South Coast

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in the final part of this four part blog as we diarise our last week of a four week circumnavigation cruise of Australia on Princess Cruises Coral Princess, sailing from Melbourne, Victoria along the south coast stopping at Kangaroo Island, Adelaide, and Albany before returning to Perth in Western Australia.

Jul 26

Jul 26 Circumnavigating Australia - week 3, the East coast

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in part three of this four part blog as we diarise our third week on a four week circumnavigation cruise of Australia on Princess Cruises Coral Princess, sailing from Cairns in the Northern Territory down the east coast stopping at Brisbane and Sydney before heading towards Melbourne and Tasmania.

Jun 21

Jun 21 Circumnavigating Australia - week 2, the North coast

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in part two of this four part blog as we diarise our second week on a four week circumnavigation cruise of Australia on Princess Cruises Coral Princess, sailing Western Australia from Kuri Bay on the Kimberley coast to Darwin in the Northern Territory.

Jun 9

Jun 9 Circumnavigating Australia - week 1, the West coast

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in part one of this four part blog as we diarise our first week on a four week circumnavigation cruise of Australia on Princess Cruises Coral Princess, sailing Western Australia from Perth to the Kimberley coast.

May 28

May 28 Viking Danube

Helen

Cruising, Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we sail down the Danube River from Budapest to Passau in true luxury river cruise style with Viking river cruises.

May 11

May 11 72 hours in Sydney

Helen

Destinations

Visit With Us in this blog post as we spend 72 hours in Sydney, staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in Circular Quay, visiting the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Darling Harbour, the CBD, the Botanical Gardens, Manly and Bondi beaches, and the Blue Mountains.

Apr 12

Apr 12 Four Seasons Sydney hotel review

Helen

Hotels, Destinations

Visit With Us in this luxury hotel review blog as we stay at the Four Seasons Sydney located in The Rocks on Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour.

Mar 31

Mar 31 Riviera Travel "Land of the Long White Cloud' New Zealand blog, part 2 - South Island

Helen

Destinations, Land Tours

Visit With Us in this diary blog post of our escorted tour through the South Island of New Zealand on The Land of the Long White Cloud tour with Riviera Travel.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Riviera Travel 'Land of the Long White Cloud' New Zealand blog part 1 - North Island

Helen

Land Tours, Destinations

Visit With Us in this diary blog post of our escorted tour through the North Island of New Zealand on The Land of the Long White Cloud tour with Riviera Travel.

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