Fresh views about our first Holland America cruise experience aboard Koningsdam sailing from Vancouver and spending a week visiting Alaska; another first for us. Blog.
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Blog / Newsletter
The posts categorised as blogs on this site will tend to be round-ups of what else has been published because travel-writing is kept separate. If you want to keep up-to-date with all the new and rewritten visits near and far that we've done then subscribing to the RSS feed or just frequenting the home page of this site is one way to do it but the blog posts here, posted less often, will typically summarise those posts. These summarised blog posts are also sent out as newsletters when written and you can find places to subscribe to them around the site.
The Meyer Family Emigrates From The Netherlands To Canada, 1957
A small selection of photos documenting the journey undertaken by the Meyer family in 1957 aboard the SS Waterman from the Netherlands to Canada. Blog.
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Latest Travel Posts And Cruise Thoughts
The latest travel content posted on the website that you might have missed unless you’re stalking my RSS feed or frequently reloading the home page like some kind of crazy person. Blog.
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Sky Princess Cruise To Kristiansand, Copenhagen, Skagen, And Oslo
All the posts from the cruise travelogue series that saw us take a 2022 cruise to Norway and Denmark aboard Sky Princess. Blog.
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Britannia Cruise To The Norwegian Fjords: First Thoughts
Quick summary of positive and negative aspects of the P&O Cruises ship Britannia and a week spent on her in the fjords of Norway. Blog.
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Denmark, Norway, Oxford, Chesney
New travel articles that have been added to the site recently, an upcoming musical engagement, and some website technical updates. Blog.
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2023 Cruise Excursions
A summary of the trips we’ve booked for our upcoming cruises in 2023, along with why or why we haven’t booked excursions on these cruises for this year. Blog.
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Travelling On Foot And By Steamship
A catch up with what travel articles have been published on this site since the last time, including walks in Copenhagen and a steamship sail past cruise ships. Blog.
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P&O Azura Fly-Cruise To Malta: The Good And The Bad
A summary of our first fly-cruise experience with P&O Cruises on a week-long Adriatic cruise from Malta, listing what we liked and what we didn’t like. Blog.
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More Travel Plans For 2023
That sudden realisation that you’ve still got a week’s annual leave left to book and a long break between trips that needs filling, coupled with itchy travel-booking fingers. Blog.
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