Viking Clara Schumann – Prague to Berlin
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 […]
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One Way to do Nuremberg
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, […]
Queen Victoria – New Year Getaway
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 […]
Hamburg in a Day
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 […]
Ventura – a Day Visit
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 […]
One way to do Historical Portsmouth
Continuing my series of ‘One Way to Do…’ I decided, having seen the foreign interest in the blog through the ‘Flag Counter’, that this edition will be as much for visitors […]
One Way to do New York – Brooklyn to Central Park via the Highline Walk
My wife and I arrived in New York on board Queen Mary 2 before sailing up the Eastern seaboard to Quebec. This gave us just the one day in New York and we […]
Celebrity Eclipse – Classic Mediterannean Cruise
My wife and I joined the Celebrity Eclipse at Southampton for a 16 night cruise to the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic coast. This was our first cruise experience with Celebrity […]
Cruisemates – The Original
Having discovered this cruise related website in January this year my attention was recently drawn back to it following a rather bitchy remark on a rival site. Though to all […]
Royal Princess – an early Guided Tour
My wife and I were most fortunate to be offered the opportunity of an overnight visit to Princess Cruises newest ship, The Royal Princess the day following her arrival […]
One Way to Do Buenos Aires Part 1
On completion of our 14 night Antarctica cruise on board the Celebrity Infinity… …my wife and I disembarked in Buenos Aires for a 3 day extension to our South American […]
One Way to do The Falklands
My wife and I visited the Falklands Islands in February 2013 while cruising on board Celebrity Infinity. A full review of that particular cruise can be found by following this […]
Solent Richard catches a Viking Maiden
My wife and I cruised along the River Danube between Budapest and Nuremberg in July 2012… We had chosen to travel with Viking River Cruises and embarked on their latest ship, […]
One Way to do Zeebrugge – Ghent Edition
Zeebrugge is becoming a more and more popular port of call with the increase in the number of shorter cruises from the United Kingdom. Zeebrugge itself offers very little in the […]
One way to do Aqaba – Wadi Rum edition
In his book ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ T E Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, wrote ….. “The crimson sunset on its stupendous cliffs and slanted ladders of hazy […]
One way to do St. Petersburg
Welcome to St Petersburg Pictured above outside Catherine Palace, St Petersburg is Solent Richard with Julia, our exceptional Alla Tours guide. We were visiting St Petersburg as part of […]
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