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Cruise Ship / Emerald Waterways

Emerald Waterways River Cruise Tips – Are They The Best For Your European River Cruise?

…rectly. English language. Everything on board and on-land excursions is in English. The guests, therefore, tend to come from English-speaking countries like the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. If you are looking for a multi-lingual experience there are other lines that may cater for your needs better. Modern contemporary décor. The ships are sleek and contemporary in décor, more like a boutique hotel versus the mo…

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

California / san francisco / Tips for Travellers / travel / usa

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

…e a lot of them all over. More so than I feel you see elsewhere. Is this a heritage of San Francisco’s hippy days and Mecca to attract bohemians and the such? (3) Coffee Shops I don’ t know what the stats show, and it may have been a function of being in the financial district and centre, but I don’t think I have ever seen so many coffee shops ever. There are not only Starbucks after Starbucks it feels like every time you turn round, but also othe…

Genoa / Italy

Grand Hotel Savoia. Best of the Genoa Hotels. From Hercule Poirot Era!

…tter plumbing, but become uninteresting. The wi-fi gets installed, but the heritage and charm gets thrown out. I felt that the Grand Hotel Savoia had somehow managed to stay in a previous decade and feel really old and historic, but had found a way to add in all the things we modern travellers require and expect. The hotel actually had to be more recreated than I had first thought. As I found out more about the hotel, I discovered that it started…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / transportation

Cunard Line History: 10 Key Events That Define This Iconic Cruise Line

…rs. Carnival are focused on building the Cunard brand based on its British heritage and luxury image. In 2004 they added the Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship at the time, designed as a liner that could take over the Transatlantic business from the QE2. Later they added the Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth. Cunard focuses on reinforcing and building an image of luxury linked to the “golden days” of cruise liner travel that harks back espe…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / transportation

Is Cunard Retaining It’s Distinctiveness Within Carnival Cruise Lines?

…Company bought Cunard in 1998. They believed that this would mean that the heritage and “Britishness” of the Cunard line would be “Americanised”. They feared that Cunard would be harmonised and standardised into a more bland and generic cruise company. This would, though, have defeated the reason for adding the Cunard line to the growing portfolio of brands that Carnival was accumulating. Mickey Ariston, who created Carnival and was the CEO when C…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / transportation

Cunard Cruise Line History: Shipbuilding Style & Ship Interior Decor

…The Cunard Fleet strives to retain some of the glamour of travel that its heritage was built on. In fact, it relies on it. The ships in the Cunard Fleet have a more understated style of decor than many of the cruise ships in service today. Most cruise ships today are more inspired by the brightness and brashness of Las Vegas. Cunard is more inspired by, and draws on the 1930s Art Deco. It is much less glitzy and bright, using more browns, beiges…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / Journeys / Queen Mary 2 / Transatlantic Crossing / transportation

Transatlantic Crossing Observations on the Queen Mary 2: The Passengers. Rich? Famous? Fabulous?

…commercials and posters for cruising and crossings, Cunard focuses on the heritage and image of the grand voyages of the glory days of Transatlantic Crossings. They focus on The Rich, The Famous and The Celebrities that made the Crossing in years gone by. In the heritage halls around the ship there are massive posters that celebrate, with beautiful black and white images, the famous that have travelled on Cunard and their crossings. They are imag…

Cruise Ship / Holland America / transportation

Revealing the fascinating story behind the crew on Holland America Line

…d, a British line that also has a long and glamourous maritime history and heritage. Despite being part of an America-owned conglomerate, Holland America Line has tried to retain as much of its Dutch heritage as it can in a modern corporate and global world. For example, many of the senior crew on my cruise were from Holland including the Master (Captain Bas van Dreumel), Marco Van Belleghem (Hotel Director), Staff Captain (Frank van der Hoeven) a…

Germany / Harz

Harz Germany Storify #WelterbeGermany

…Quedlingburg Castle Mount, Harz , Germany I travelled to the Harz Mountain Region of Germany to explore the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and other historic and cultural attractions of the area. Whilst there, I shared many images and short posts of what I saw. Here is a selection via my Storify Board Further Reading: Heritage, Hills and a Forbidden Steam Train: Join Me Exploring Harz, Germany…

British Columbia / canada

The Other Side Of Victoria : A look Beyond Whale-Watching in British Columbia, Canada

…lking Tours The Tourist Association offers a range of maps for self-guided Heritage Walks. These are “Mysterious Chinatown” (the second oldest after San Francisco), “Rollicking Boomtown” (covering the wildness of the Gold Rush years), “Law and Order” (characters and stories of wild activities and events from the city’s history) and “Haunted Victoria” (tour of the ghostly and mysterious areas and stories of the city). You can get these from the Tou…

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The five best river cruise destinations

…oclassical palace and Roman basilica at Koblenz and Cologne’s UNESCO World Heritage gothic cathedral. For a truly unforgettable experience, take a cruise during the Christmas holiday season, when you’ll see vibrantly decorated Christmas markets fill the squares of the cities and sparkling lights form a magical backdrop at night. Hungarian Parliament building as seen while sailing into Budapest on the Danube Danube – Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Ger…