By Eric Goldring
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
I am regularly questioned (or, better, attacked) by loyalists to Regent Seven Seas Cruises for allegedly being unfair to their cruise line of choice. In just this past week, one of my omnipresent critics, TravelCat2 – who seems to have her life consumed by Cruise Critic – and another person on
Departing Barca D’alva at 8:30 am, a drive of about 1-3/4 hours, through sunflower fields, olive and almond groves and of course some vineyards, brings you to one of the most beautiful cities in Spain, Salamanca. With the exception of Porto, it will be the largest city we visit on
While SeaDream Yacht Club has always intrigued me, it was Pamela Conover’s appointment as CEO and my long relationship with her when she was president of Seabourn Cruise Line, that finally gave me the push to get onboard. On August 10, 2013 I will board SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream II
Flying to Porto from Paris I was treated to a beautiful view of a patchwork of vineyards, small villages with red tile roofs and the beautiful ribbon of water winding its way through them. That area and the river that flows through it are all part of an area designated
The Welcome Aboard party was a great opportunity to meet my fellow passengers. Though the ship holds 106 guests there are a number of singles onboard so we are a group of 100. We are an eclectic group with the majority of guests being from the U.S. and Canada. In
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