While cruising on board Oceania Nautica we made a scheduled call to the port of Muscat. This was the very first occasion we had visited  Muscat which  is the Capital of Oman […]

Having arrived at the port of Hamburg on three occasions this year, once with Queen Victoria and twice on board Queen Mary 2 my wife and I decided it was time […]

It’s not often I get a request to do a ‘One way to do…’ so I was particularly chuffed when a fellow blogger made a request for one on Gibraltar. […]

There are probably more questions asked of the cruising community regarding visits to Florence and Pisa from the port of Livorno, than for any other regular cruise ship port.  It therefore gives […]

On a recent cruise on board Queen Mary 2 the ship called at the Norwegian Capital, Oslo. This review  will hopefully illustrate how much of that unique city can be […]

Probably the most interesting port of call on a recent Alaskan cruise with Regent Seven Seas Navigator was Skagway. My wife and I had chosen to take one of the ship’s […]

Following on from Skagway Part 1 we found ourselves with enough time on our hands to discover Skagway town rather than return directly to the ship. There is genuinely something […]

Few who know me would disagree that there is no secret about me getting out and enjoying myself when ashore from a cruise ship.  It’s just that both my wife […]

Continuing my series of ‘One way to do…’ this is a Christmas special. We arrived in New York on board Queen Mary 2 on 19 December as part of our […]

I often here the question from cruise ship passengers visiting the port of Southampton ‘How far is it to Windsor’ so I thought it may be of interest to include […]

Continuing in my series of  ‘One way to do…’ here is our experience of Halifax, Nova Scotia. We arrived at Halifax on board Queen Mary 2 in October 2011. The […]

Continuing my series of  ‘One  way to do….’  this offering is for Dubrovnik in Croatia.   It sits on the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea and is one of the most popular port […]

“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 […]

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 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 […]