Part 2 – Getting Around Once you have decided what you want to do in each port, determining how to go about it can also be challenging. All cruise lines offer shore excursions, usually serviced by local tour companies and guides. The benefits of booking excursions through the cruise line is the ease of getting…
Month: December 2018
10 Tips for Travelling With Another Couple
Ask anyone about travelling with friends and they will have as many horror stories as they have successful ones. We have all spent time with the “bicker about everything” couple, the “never on time” couple, and the “we don’t care, it’s up to you” couple. The same things happen when you travel with family, it’s…
Our Top 5 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen is the starting point for a Baltic cruise, and why we originally had this on our itinerary. We were surprised by how much we enjoyed this friendly city with its medieval sites and modern developments. The northern countries are more expensive than southern European destinations, but good planning can help to defray the cost. …
Port of Call – Athens
Whether you have been to Athens before, or this is your first trip, you can see the best of this ancient city in one day. Before you arrive I would recommend you bone up on your Greek mythology and the rich and extensive history of Greece. Even though we have all seen pictures of the…
Five Reasons Why You Still Need a Good Guide Book
Our philosophy when we travel focuses on finding the significance in what we see and do from an historical and cultural perspective. We want to appreciate the art we see and the historical icons we visit as much as the food that we eat. We toured the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg as part of…
Schnitzel, Football and Beer
The evening was warm for May and the beer gardens were open. We decided to forgo the touristy Hofbrauhaus during our stay in Munich, instead heading to a place more favoured by locals, the Augustiner Keller just around the corner from our hotel. The tradition in Germany is to ferment their beer underground, using the…