EARLY SUMMER ON THE RHINE WITH AMAWATERWAYS Switzerland, France, Germany and The Netherlands Summer came early this year in the heart of Europe and we were there with AmaWaterways to enjoy it. The landscape was green, the flowers were in bloom, and the sun was shining … a lot. Mid-May, slightly prior to peak season…
To Russia with Love ~ Cruising Russia with Viking River Cruises
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GRAND CAFÉ DR. ZHIVAGO … A Favorite of Moscow’s new elite
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Eat like a tsar! Caviar Bar and Restaurant in St. Petersburg Russia
Eat like a Tsar! Caviar Bar and Restaurant in St. Petersburg Russia I have very fond memories from my childhood of The Russian Inn in Center City Philadelphia where I was first introduced to Russian cuisine accompanied with some background music and dancing. Plus my maternal grandmother had come from Russia and often made borscht…
Yangtze River Cruise and the Yangtze Gold One !
Yangtze River Cruise. Read our previous posting at “Cruise Ships: The Yangtze Gold One!” Our first day cruising down the Yangtze river towards the Three Gorges was rather quiet and uneventful. I had purposely selected the three day (in reality two and a half days) downstream Yangtze river cruise, rather than the four day upstream…
Cruise Ships : the Yangtze Gold One !
Cruise Ships : the Yangtze Gold One ! Read our previous posting at “Chongqing : Mountain city, foggy city!” The Yangtze Gold One is the first of a new series of river cruise ships commissioned by a Chongqing based company specifically for the Yangtze river cruise in China. The Yangtze Gold One was launched just…
Chongqing : Mountain city, foggy city
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