What was your favorite?
This isn’t Name that Cloud, and it isn’t meant to be homework. But, as I begin to scroll through all my photos looking for my favorite...
Thank you, armchair travel companions!
‘… isn’t that what travel is? A chance to reckon with what you want to see versus what you really do see, a chance to rethink what you...
End Game... and some leftovers
‘An essential part of travel is the inevitable sense that wherever you’ve gotten to isn’t quite what you hoped it would be—just as you...
Just (some more of) the stats, ma’am...
West Newbury, Massachusetts, May 6 — A far less exotic dateline (sigh). At the ‘Captain’s Farewell’ ceremony, we were given these...
A Gallimaufry of Nautical Terms
Aside: Before the nautical terms... One of my faithful readers — whom I know only from the blog: I think she discovered it on...
Just the stats, ma’am…
The luggage barge collecting bags, pre-dawn, this morning...if each passenger had 3 bags, that’s 2,490 bags to sort, onload, offload and...
Greenwich — My last ‘Port of Call’ post
Greenwich, England, May 4 — I could have gone on a Viking excursion to the Tower of London or a jaunt out to Windsor Castle or trekked...
España, Parte Dos: Málaga
Málaga, Spain, April 29 — I think Viking decided to put in here on the Costa del Sol so they could offer the Alhambra in Granada as an...
España: First port, Cartagena
Catagena, Spain, April 28 — For a city known for centuries for military, mining (lead and silver) and industry, Cartagena is a peach in...
‘Algeria the White’ has a dark past and a dark present
Algiers, Algeria, April 27 — Algiers, known as ‘Alger la Blanche’ for its white buildings, is now the biggest country in Africa (since...
