Whether or not you are a fan of the mouse, a trip to Disney World in Florida is a magical experience. Travelling with a family of Disney enthusiasts makes it even more enchanting. The lineups and crowds, wait times and breakdowns were all met with a happy shrug and a chance to move on to…
About Us In Retirement
Since we started this blog in December 2018 a lot has changed; with us and with the world. We still travel and now that I am retiring we will travel more often. We appreciate the freedoms we have so much more now since it was taken from us during the global pandemic. I hope at…
Planning a Family Vacation
As exciting as a family vacation can be there must be some consideration to ensure everyone has the best holiday ever. It is important that everyone’s needs and perspectives are incorporated into the final plan. In our family we have a tendency to manage planning like you would any business project – with meetings, deadlines,…
Giving the Gift of Travel for Christmas
Our three children are adults now and have families of their own. We have two beautiful granddaughters aged 6 years and 18 months. The adults don’t really need anything for Christmas but that doesn’t mean that we don’t want to give them something. It just gets harder every year to figure out what. As a…
A Day in Copenhagen
One of the most common concerns I hear from fellow travelers is that a cruise really doesn’t give you enough time in any one port, and they are not wrong. We started cruising in Europe in order to get a sense of what we liked and didn’t; a kind of sampler plate if you will….
Our Top 5 (Actually 6) Budget Busters on a Cruise
Getting into the groove of a cruise vacation takes very little time. Before you know it you are sitting around the pool sipping on a fancy cocktail, dressing up for dinner at a Specialty restaurant followed by a night in the casino with new friends. All you have to do is wave that little ship…
Cruising the North Shore of Germany
Most Baltic itineraries offer stops along the north shore of Germany. The ports themselves are summer resort destinations for German vacationers full of beaches, shops and restaurants but offer little to the adventurous traveler. Luckily they are gateways to two of Germany’s major cities. The port of Warnemunde is a 3 hour train ride from Berlin, the…
Port of Call – Gdansk, Poland
During our Baltic adventure our cruise director Marziana was from a small town in the southern part of Poland. She was as excited to welcome us to her country as we were to visit it. Before the port stop Marziana hosted an hour long introduction to common Polish words and phrases and her favourite polish food…
NCL Specialty Dining Ranked – Fun to Romantic
Our time aboard the Norwegian Dawn was extra special since we were given a perks package that included the Specialty Dining Options. Under normal circumstances we would not indulge (I am far too frugal and find the complimentary dining more than acceptable) but it gave us the opportunity to discover why these are such popular…