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 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 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.

Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part I (Getting Ready and Looking Forward)

Goldring Travel September 19, 2018

Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Seabourn Encore departs on October 6, 2018 from Barcelona, Spain on a fourteen night cruise traversing the Mediterranean Sea all the way to Athens, Greece. It is, therefore, going to be a bit of wild ride with exciting differences in cultures and cuisines. Seabourn EncoreHome of

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 IX (Punta Arenas & Goldring Travel Goes Local and Culinary)

Goldring Travel February 11, 2018

The Seabourn Quest’s Antarctic Adventure continued its Patagonia segment in Punta Arenas, Chile. I had nothing in particular planned, so it was a great day to just wander…in the sun, in the rain, in the sun, in the rain, in the wind…and eventually in the WIND! Imperial Cormorant coming in for a landing Punta Arenas,

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

Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part X

Goldring Travel October 10, 2011

The last day of the 2011 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn was a sea day sailing from Boston to New York. The seas were a bit choppy, the skies were a bit gray and the wind was up, so it wasn’t the best of conditions. In fact, after having sailed

Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part IX

Goldring Travel October 5, 2011

Today was the Goldring Travel Special Food & Wine Event at the New England Aquarium. It went off without a hitch and was, honestly, better than I had hoped for. Goldring Travel’s clients were given access to the entire New England Aquarium to enjoy the penguins, huge central tank and all of the exhibits before

Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part VIII

Goldring Travel October 4, 2011

We arrived in Bar Harbor, Maine to the rude awakening of a face-to-face United States Immigration inspection. U.S. citizens and permanent residents in the Grand Salon and non-U.S. citizens in The Club…and then the entire crew were required to present themselves. This could have put a kink in the planned private Shopping with Chef Rajat,

Windstar’s Wind Surf – Caribbean – January 2014

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