By Eric Goldring
I am thrilled to announce that Goldring Travel’s Making Waves Articles has won another accolade: A Magellan Award from the travel industry’s leading publication Travel Weekly Magazine for: Individual Travel Advisor – Marketing-Blog. Two years ago, Making Waves Articles was also featured in a Travel Weekly article: Everyone’s a critic,
It has been a long time since I visited the Baltic region, and other than Svalbard, I haven’t spent much time in Norway since 2015. These areas combine incredible history, cultural and culinary diversity, and spectacular beauty in both nature and architecture…and some quirky things too! With Explora Journeys’ Explora
There are so many times I hear, “You’ve been everywhere,” when, actually, I haven’t been. I always respond that just because I have been to someplace in X doesn’t mean I have been everywhere in X and that revisiting places you’ve been exposes you to new things every time. And,
In a way, this is an “I told you so” kind of article, but in a positive and productive way. This article has a happy ending. I swear! Because when positive changes are made, I think it is important to call them out equally to those that I
Sometimes it is hard to keep United States politics out of discussions of travel and my commentaries. This is one of those times when it is not only appropriate to discuss, but must be. Trump’s war in Iran (whether you agree with it or not) has impacts that reach far
My Bordeaux river cruise on Scenic Diamond continued with a morning sail from Fort Medoc to Pauillac, France. As it is a famous name in the Médoc region of the Left Bank, I was very optimistic that I could have a great local wine tasting. I preface what follows: If
My journey through the Bordeaux region of France on Scenic Diamond continued at its very relaxed pace with a 9:45 AM start to a tour of a chateau in Saint-Émilion. There were three tour options: A visit to a sturgeon farm, a visit to an artisan flour mill, and the
I previously experienced Scenic Eclipse in Antarctica, and it remains one of my favorite expeditions. So, when I was invited to sail on its river cruise product, specifically Scenic Diamond, in Bordeaux, the combination of Scenic experience and Bordeaux wines was extremely enticing. When it married up with my disembarking
I was invited on Explora Journeys’ new Explora III for a “preview” (shakedown) cruise and her Naming Ceremony boarding in Civitavecchia, Italy, spending a day in Portofino, a day at sea (filled with meetings and presentations, so yes, “It is my job!”), and a day in Barcelona at the new
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