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Kensington Palace and the Orangery London. Revamped and open for visitors

Attraction review / england / Europe / Kensington Palace / London / stately house / UK

Kensington Palace and the Orangery London. Revamped and open for visitors

…thes (including one with a massive train that took 6 people to help carry) Victoria Revealed. This tells the story of Queen Victoria and includes where she first meet the Privy Council at ahge 18 when she became Queen, the nursery and rooms where she did much of her royal business when there and then rooms covering the death of Albert (her husband), the Great Exhibition and her Diamond Jubilee Then there is a 4th area with exhibitions. On opening…

PODCAST #3: FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Australia / Sydney / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / travel podcast

PODCAST #3: FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

…9 – SYDNEY SKY TOWER · OZ TREK · SYDNEY SKYWALK 10 – SHOPPING: · GALLERIES VICTORIA · ONE MARTIN PLACE · QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING · CASTLEREAGH STREET HOTELS CITYGATE SEBEL (AVOID!) Hotel website: click here My room video clip: click here **or “right click” and “save” to desktop My photos: (click here) SYDNEY HARBOUR MARRIOT (MY RECOMMENDATION!) Hotel website: click here My room video clip: click here **or right click and save to desktop My photos:…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / transportation

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

…e 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 especially to the 1930s glamour. The decor of the ships is inspired by that period with art deco style and colours. Their ads, posters and publicity materials use an art deco inspired design. Cunard now talks about :…

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Cunard World Cruise Week Five Highlights (San Francisco to Hawaii)

…n Hong Kong. Most of it on segments of Cunard World cruise, first on Queen Victoria and then Queen Elizabeth. This 12-part series covers the journey, experiences and tips – one for each week of the journey. This post covers week five, you can read week four here. San Francisco to Hawaii Day 29 (7 February) San Francisco San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge All Change! It was all change for Sector Three with over 1,000 passengers disembarking and being…

Easter Bunnies on Cunard Queen Elizabeth

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Cunard Around-the-World Cruise Highlights Week 12: Taiwan – Hong Kong – Home

…n Hong Kong. Most of it on segments of Cunard World cruise, first on Queen Victoria and then Queen Elizabeth. This 12-part series covers the journey, experiences and tips – one for each week of the journey. This post covers week twelve (our last week), you can read the previous week eleven here. Around-the-World Week 12 (Taiwan – Hong Kong – Home) Day 77 (27 March) At sea en route to Keelung, Taiwan Easter Bunnies on Cunard Queen Elizabeth Today a…

Jaw-Dropping Things Only A Few Get to See on Cruise Ships

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Jaw-Dropping Things Only A Few Get to See on Cruise Ships

…Like I did on Queen Mary 2, sailing between Sydney and Dubai, and on Queen Victoria between Hawaii and Sydney – and that’s the Crossing the Line Ceremony. This is another longstanding tradition, starting in the Navy, which celebrates the first time a sailor crosses the equator. Sailors and guests, like me, who have crossed the Equator are known as Trusty Shellbacks, and those who have not previously crossed the line are Slimy Pollywogs. As the cru…

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Cruise Tips / Cunard / Queen Mary 2

8 Things You’d Didn’t Know You Needed To Know About Cunard!

…off. The only true ocean liner sailing. However, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria are Vista-class ships, and this class of ship pops up in many other cruise lines, including Carnival, P&O Cruises, and Holland America. Cunard’s new ship, Queen Anne, is a Pinnacle-class ship based on Holland America’s Koningsdam. There is one aspect of Cunard that makes it one-of-a-kind though, and that is that all the line’s ships have been named by the Royal Fam…

Cruise Tips / Cunard

Tips For Travellers: An Interview With Gary’s Husband, Mark

…ip you’ve been on? Mark: Yeah, Gary and I did a seven-week cruise on Queen Victoria from Southampton to Sydney. Obviously via lots of places in between – that was half of Cunard’s world cruise. They do a world cruise every year from January. I was a little nervous of doing that, thinking, “Wow, seven weeks on a cruise ship. Am I going to hate it?” But I actually loved it and I could have stayed on and did the whole world cruise. Danielle: We know…

Too Few Cruisers Know About These 9 FREE Afternoon Tea's At Sea

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Too Few Cruisers Know About These 9 FREE Afternoon Tea’s At Sea

…e backs to 19th century England, when the Duchess of Bedford, one of Queen Victoria’s ladies in waiting, used to get hungry late afternoon, as the aristocracy would only have two meals – breakfast and then dinner at eight or nine at night. She started having a light meal of tea, bread and butter bought to her at four o’clock. She started inviting her fancy friends, including royal courtiers, to join and when Queen Victoria became aware of this cus…

The 11 Best Cruises I Think Everyone Should Do Before They Die

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The 11 Best Bucket List Cruises In The World? Here’s What I Think!

…This is out of Reykjavik and across one day, there is Gullfoss, the Golden Falls, Geysir geothermal area and Strokkur and Thingvellir National Park, where two tectonic plates are pulling apart. The other is what’s called the Jewels of the North, normally out of Akureyri. This includes Godafoss Waterfall, Namaskard bubbling mud pools, Lake Myvatn and Skutustadir craters and Dimmuborgir lava fields. Everyone likes Reykjavik and the Blue Lagoon, alth…

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Dangerous Cruise Ports You Should Stay Far Away From!

…the mainland. However, I have also been to Belize City on a cruise, which falls in the area with high risk of crime, and it was recommended that we did not self-explore. So, what should you do in a port like this? More on that later but before that I want to move from the Caribbean to the next biggest cruise region, the Mediterranean. It has risky ports, but for some very specific reasons. Dangerous Cruise Ports In The Mediterranean These ports t…