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

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

Later today will be a private Indian cooking demonstration by Chef Rajat, but more on that later. First, we were up early for our private tour in Halifax to visit Peggy’s Cove…where the lighthouse that is on the Goldring Travel logo is located…so that we would miss the tour busses

Our arrival into Halifax, Nova Scotia was not until 1:00 p.m. so the morning was spent exploring the ship and then supervising the sail into Halifax Harbour (in the hot tub, of course) while spotting some whales and dolphins with a brilliant blue sky and warm temperatures.  It was all

We arrived in Sydney, Nova Scotia to a thick fog.  As the highlight here is the scenery and I had a tour scheduled to drive a portion of the Cabot Trail things were looking a bit dodgy.  The downpour of rain shortly before arrival didn’t make me feel any more

We awoke to cloudy, and then rainy, skies.  As we anchored in Saguenay, Canada the Holland America Eurodam arrived blocking our view of the tiny seaside town.  Honestly, it took about 15 minutes to see the port area.  The local people were very nice and they had some quality craft