One Way to do Berlin
“Ich bin ein Berliner“ is a quotation from a June 26, 1963, speech by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. At the time the message was a clear statement to the […]
“Ich bin ein Berliner“ is a quotation from a June 26, 1963, speech by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. At the time the message was a clear statement to the […]
Continuing in my series of ‘One way to do…’ this particular visit is to the vibrant city of Istanbul: a city which everyone should visit at least once in their […]
My wife and I recently undertook our second cruise with Viking River Cruises (VRC). On this occasion we cruised along the River Elbe, between Prague and Berlin, on the Viking Clara […]
This review may well be of particular interest to River Cruisers as it was the final destination of a cruise we did along the Danube in July 2012… https://solentrichardscruiseblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/solent-richard-catches-a-viking-maiden/ Equally, […]
My wife and I sailed on Queen Victoria for a short 5 night post Christmas break to Hamburg and Zeebrugge in January 2013. This was in no way what some […]
My wife and I visited Hamburg when it was one of the ports of call while sailing on Cunard’s Queen Victoria in January this year. The ship berthed at the Altona […]
My wife and I were fortunate enough to be recently invited to spend a day visiting P&O’s cruise ship Ventura. The kind invitation came through our travel agent in conjunction […]
A self confessed Cruiseaholic...... with barely enough funds to support his passion!
Cruises, cruising, and cruise news by Tom Burke
Welcome aboard and nice to meet you. My wife and I are seasoned cruisers having first dipped our toes into the world of cruising in 1990, a one week cruise on board the Cunard Countess. The majority of our cruising has been with two cruise lines, Cunard and P&O. We have, however, sailed on 21 different cruise ships, some many times over, on 11 different cruise lines while completing 619 cruise nights on board.