Cruising

Chilean Fjords

Guest bloggers Russ and Susan Rosenberry are owners of Islands in the Sun Cruises and Tours. You can find the original blog from their 2008 cruise around South American here, or visit the company's website at www.crus-sun.com.   Dec. 9 & 10 "“ Two sea days...

A Chile reception

Guest bloggers Russ and Susan Rosenberry are owners of Islands in the Sun Cruises and Tours. You can find the original blog from their 2008 cruise around South American here, or visit the company's website at www.crus-sun.com.   Dec. 6 — Flights on Copa Airlines from...

Amsterdam in photographs

This morning I leave Amsterdam to return to the United States.  Before I do, though, I'll leave you with some scenes of Amsterdam's beautiful canals and historic neighborhoods.

Remembering Anne Frank

All photos appear courtesy of and copyright Anne Frank House/Anne Frank Fonds. A walk through modern Amsterdam is a charming way to spend a morning or afternoon.  The city's famous canals and pedestrian-friendly streets can create a feeling of perpetual peace. But we...

Visions of Van Gogh

Photos Courtesy Van Gogh Museum If there's one thing you must experience during a trip to Amsterdam (besides a Dutch pancake), it's the city's Van Gogh museum. Art lovers will immediately recognize this famous Dutch painter who, along with Rembrandt, is one of the...

Pancakes!

Today I enjoyed one of Amsterdam's most surprising and delicious treat's "“ the Dutch pancake. Although we know pancakes as an American breakfast food, in Amsterdam and throughout the Netherlands they are favorite dishes for lunch or dinner. There are dozens, perhaps...

Volendam: A breath of fresh air

Sometimes a good walk can clear your head and help you see the things around you in a new and fresh way. In Volendam, a small fishing village outside of Amsterdam, a simple walk through town gave me a new perspective. It's a Saturday, you see.  And that's important. I...

Christening the Creativity

    I'm in Holland (or the Netherlands, if you insist), for the christening of the ms Creativity, the newest ship to join Avalon Waterways' river cruising portfolio. Along with a handful of international travel journalists, I've been on the ship for about a...

Early Morning on the Island Spirit

  It's morning --about 5:30-- and I'm one of a few passengers and crew who are up.  We're moored on Sanford Cove off Endicott Arm, several hours of cruise time outside Juneau, Alaska.  The sky is cloudless, the water is still.  We're surrounded by mountains. ...

An Independence Day for Independent Spirits

Ford's Terror  in southeast Alaska doesn't terrify many people.  Maybe a few small boaters and kayakers.  But not many others--and certainly not many cruise passengers.  Dawes Glacier and the several miles of ice-strewn depths it leaves in its wake also doesn't scare...

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