‘Mayday’ on the High Seas
Many of you, but maybe not all, have heard or read the news about our sister ship, the Viking Sky, which was in distress off the coast of...
A Night (and a Day) at the Opera
March 16 & 17, 2019, Sydney, Australia — Fellow solo traveler Dietmar and I dodged the raindrops to attend the Sydney Opera House...
Crossing the Ditch to Sydney, Day 1
March 15, 2019, Sydney, Australia — Going to London, we ‘hop the pond.’ Going to Australia, we ‘cross the ditch’ from New Zealand. The...
Kipling’s ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’: Milford Sound, NZ
5,500-foot Mitre Peak in Milford Sound March 12, 2019, Milford Sound, New Zealand — Leading from the Tasman Sea to what is today the...
Wellington: The Movie Capital of the Southern Hemisphere
March 10, 2019, Wellington, New Zealand — New Zealand was late on the discovery timeline, and the first European settlers didn’t arrive...