Live the Good Life!
You found a “deal.” At under $250 each, you can grab a quick vacation in the Caribbean for 5 days. That’s cheaper than staying home and cooking….so YOU GRAB IT Ahh…the sunshine, the food, the fun, the drinks…and you did it all for under $500 for the two of you! NOT SO FAST If you’ve […]
I had only been to a Christmas Market once before in my life. It was a couple of years ago while I was in New York City on a movie junket. The market was located in Central Park at Columbus Circle and I remembering marveling at the beautiful colors and smell of the holidays in […]
As we traversed from Nuremberg to Regensburg, Passau to Vienna, and finally on to Budapest, the goods at the Christmas Market’s changed as did the array of foods available. I learned the slight differences in food, gingerbread, and more, as Susie and I tasted our way from market to market. The ONE constant is the availability […]
Answer: Are you kidding? Of course I would Question: Would you like to have a spa treatment at Lotus Spa while you’re sailing on the new Regal Princess? They didn’t have to ask me twice! I was invited to visit the newest floating health & beauty facility, and within seconds my fingers immediately danced their way over […]
During the night we had to say goodbye to Germany as we passed through to the Austrian border. My cousin and traveling companion Susan had been talking about visiting an Abbey that sits high up on a cliff that is still run by Benedictine Monks. She had heard from friends that it was breathtakingly […]
The chill has been whipping through my layers and my bones ache as I walk through the streets, but it’s worth every step along the cobblestones, up the hills, down the inclines and through the small passages. I was told that Passau was a beautiful city, and was (embarrassed that) I had not done my […]
For me the things that set one experience apart from all of the rest are the small details. When push comes to shove there are many ships that go from port to port visiting the same small towns and historic cities. With a few dollars and a plane ticket ANYONE can see Nuremberg, Vienna or […]
My first impression of what life will be like this week on board the Viking Hlin (there was a slight change of plans, and instead of boarding the Viking Njord we are on Viking’s newest ship (less than 6 month old) is that the crew is inviting and warm, welcoming guests as old family friends […]
This year there will be no standing in line, no fighting with crowds over the last TV set on the shelf and no coming home frustrated with as long a list as I went with. NOPE. Instead of heading out shopping this Black Friday I’ll be on a series of flights that will take me […]
I never believed that cruising was about the food. The reason? I’m not certain that before the past year that I’d ever has what I believed was a GOOD meal on board a cruise ship. Perhaps coming from owning and operating award winning restaurants had jaded me, but I’ve always assumed that if it’s from […]