Thursday, September 5 – What can be better than killing two birds with one stone? How about hiking to two glaciers in one day! That’s exactly what I would be doing today near Olden, Norway. The Crown Princess arrived in Olden around 7 a.m. Olden is a very […]
Wednesday, September 4 – How many times in life do you wake up to the sights and sounds of enormous waterfalls tumbling off monumental fjord walls? That’s how I woke up this morning when I opened the door to my balcony on the Crown Princess and stared in […]
Tuesday, September 3 – Despite the incredibly popular Disney movie it inspired, there is so much more to Norway than “Frozen.” Tourism from the U.S. to Norway may have jumped 37 percent after the movie was released this year, but the appeal of this Nordic kingdom remains timeless. […]
Sunday, September 1 – Today I would be leaving for Norway, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I would be cruising to Scandinavia from Southampton, the largest city in Hampshire on the south coast of England. The cruise would last nine days and eight nights […]
Saturday, August 31 – Do you fancy yourself a student of democracy and history? If so, no visit to London is complete without a visit to Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. But did you know you can see them all in one day? When I previously lived in […]
Friday – August 30 – For the first time since I lived in London during my university years, I reunited with this city that I love. It reminded me of a famous quote by the English author, Samuel Johnson: “when a man is tired of London, he is […]
Luxury watches, fine chocolate, meandering street trams, distant Alps and a majestic blue lake – these were the images I associated with Zürich. A visit to Switzerland’s largest city will confirm these images and impress you with even more. I have visited Europe a number of times, but […]
