By Eric Goldring
Guest blogger, and industry legend, Patricia Riley, has just embarked on a cruise on the Crystal Symphony cruising from Lisbon to Dover, which is essentially the reverse itinerary of the Goldring Travel 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride. She is on the same ship as I was
Purchasing travel insurance is a dilemma. You are betting something bad is going to happen and the insurer is betting you will be just fine. With travel insurance you need to be especially careful because you have to consider what happens if you are injured or have a serious medical
My last day on SeaDream II was interesting, relaxing and a bit strange; not my normal day to say the least. Because of the cancellation of Portovenere, we anchored off of Porto Ercole, Italy which is located just at the southern edge of Tuscany. I assume this rather sheltered port
First, enjoy this video on how to make Seabourn Cruise Line’s famous breadsticks straight from the galley on the Seabourn Odyssey: Now that you have focused on the breadsticks, I want you to not look at the chef making the breadsticks, but the galley behind it. And I want you
Stale bread. Portofino on SeaDream II I need to take a moment to discuss “travel”. Since Bonafacio SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream II has been to Calvi, Corsica (not a great port), Monaco and Portofino (a great port…read on), but today we are in Portoferraio on the island of Elba. (Our
I was anxious to see what my first full day on SeaDream Yacht Club would be like. I was “up and out” early, so I sat by the Top of the Yacht Bar with a table admiring a fantastic view. (We had been told that the sail into Bonafacio, Corsica
SeaDream is more of a cruising yacht than a yatchie cruise ship The day of my departure for my week on SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream II was a study in contrasts. I pride myself on making the trip to a destination (be it a cruise ship or a land experience)
Most river cruises start at point A and cruise to point B. There are exceptions where your river boat back tracks and returns to your embarkation point. Tulip Time cruises, a spring tradition, are roundtrip Amsterdam and the Seine and Normandy cruises which are roundtrip Paris cruises come to mind
Lets talk food and wine. What I found interesting on this itinerary is that there is a lot of variety when it comes to dinner venues. In fact, there are three nights where your dinner is not taken in the dining room. The variety comes in the form of a
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