Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part I

Goldring Travel December 9, 2019

On December 19, 2019 I board the Seabourn Quest for my third trip to Antarctica and Patagonia. Yes, I have the “ice bug”! For me it is the most personally enlightening and biologically magnificent place on earth…and I feel like I have but only begun to scratch its surface, in part because that is the

Goldring Travel’s Pondering of a Pop Over to Poland – Part III

Goldring Travel November 16, 2019

As I previously noted, I am visiting Poland and participating in the European Travel Agent Forum as a guest and speaker on a Culinary Panel. Alas, there is always a price to be paid for agreeing to participate in a travel agent forum and even more so for a FAM (or familiarization trip), but at

Goldring Travel’s Pondering of a Pop Over to Poland – Part II

Goldring Travel November 12, 2019

On November 9, 2019 I headed to Poznan, Poland for the European Travel Agent Forum (where I will be on a Culinary Tourism Panel) and a post-forum extension to Lodz and Warsaw, Poland. It is not the sort of thing I normally would do, but – full disclosure – this a pretty much fully paid

Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part VI (Quigdao, China: Going Local for Food, Wine and Beer)

Goldring Travel March 15, 2019

With time on this outstanding itinerary and cruise experience on Windstar’s Star Legend soon coming to an end (though the land portion in Beijing and Xi’an is still to come), our last port of call was Quigdao, China. But before then we had a relaxing, sunny, smooth sailing, day at sea…something unusual for this cruise

Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part V (Shanghai & Suzhou – Old and New)

Goldring Travel March 13, 2019

With a day and half of much quieter seas we approached Shanghai, China on Windstar’s Star Legend in thick fog. It was so thick that they actually closed the Shanghai port…which is far up river from the Yellow Sea (Yangtze and then Haungpu Rivers). We were lucky as the port briefly opened, allowing us to

Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part IV (Can Do! Catching Up and Keelung, Taiwan)

Goldring Travel March 9, 2019

My journey on Windstar’s Star Legend continued with our arrival in Keelung, Taiwan. After many hours of incredibly high winds and rough seas, it was a relief for everyone from the guests to the crew. While the heavy rains continued, there was a definite peacefulness that came over the ship and everyone on her. Keelung,

Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part II (Eating My Way Around Hong Kong)

Goldring Travel March 7, 2019

Hong Kong – Seen from the Windstar Star Legend My trip to the Windstar Star Legend started, as usual, with a very early morning drive down the mountain from Truckee, California for a flight out of Reno, Nevada and then a long layover before boarding my 15+ hour flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong.

Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part X (El Brujo Glacier, Galley Market Lunch and Castro, Chile)

Goldring Travel February 14, 2018

My adventure through Antarctica and Patagonia on the Seabourn Quest continued with two days at sea after departing Punta Arenas. We were, as usual, followed by a number of birds that were just so beautiful to watch fly behind, beside, and in front of the Seabourn Quest. For me, the most majestic and mesmerizing were

Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part VIII (Ushuaia, The Start of Decompression & Seabourn Culinary Experiences)

Goldring Travel February 2, 2018

Alas, departing Antarctica on the Seabourn Quest was with such sweet sorrow. But having a number of sea days ahead of me was a far better thing than I had imagined. For me the intensity of the Antarctic Experience required “down time” so that not only some of its richness could sink in, but so

Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part VI (Captain Larsen and Class, Crossing the Southern Polar Circle & Breaking Records)

Goldring Travel January 27, 2018

Captain Bjarne Larsen is the master of the Seabourn Quest for her Antarctic cruises. He has been doing this since Seabourn started the program five years ago. Seabourn Quest Captain Bjarne Larsen On this cruise something very special happened. Captain Larsen was able to sail the Seabourn Quest across the Southern Polar Circle; a, ‘er

Windstar’s Wind Surf – Caribbean – January 2014

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