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Gourmet group floats food, wine cruise

Gourmet group floats food, wine cruise

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF WINE & FOOD: The American Institute of Wine & Food Announces 2013 First National Culinary Cruise; the Ultimate Gift for Food & Wine Enthusiasts World-renowned Master Chef and Oceania Cruises’ Executive Director Jacques Pepin to Lead Culinary Demonstrations, Engaging Lectures and to Oversee Specially Designed Cuisine SAN FRANCISCO [...]

November 8, 2012No CommentRead More

Slideshow: Cruising Norway’s coasts

Slideshow: Cruising Norway’s coasts

Norway is one of my favorite — and favored — destinations. I am, in general, a fan of Scandinavia, my fascination with the region dating back to a childhood love of Swedish pop group Abba. When I began my career as a travel journalist and editor, all five Scandinavian countries (okay, Finland, Denmark and Iceland — unlike [...]

July 23, 2012No CommentRead More

Nude cruising: Not just for Europeans anymore

Nude cruising: Not just for Europeans anymore

Nude cruising. Not just for daring Europeans anymore (via GlobalPost) Move over, Germany. Carnival’s nude cruise to Panama is expected to be the largest gathering of nudists in the world. Iva Roze Skoch Next February, Carnival Cruise liner Carnival Freedom will send its first nude cruise out on the open water. The eight-day Panama cruise [...]

July 18, 2012No CommentRead More

Stabben Lighthouse: A marvel

Stabben Lighthouse: A marvel

I’ve had the pleasure of traveling in Norway multiple times, yet all previous visits paled in comparison to my most recent foray there: a 7-day northbound sailing up the country’s fjord-riddled coast from Bergen to Kirkenes with Hurtigruten. Apart from the ports called at along the way, natural attractions take precedence over man-made sights encountered [...]

June 24, 20121 CommentRead More

Titanic times in Belfast

Titanic times in Belfast

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – “Titanic” is defined by one dictionary as “of exceptional size, strength or power.” Synonyms given often include “gigantic,” “colossal” and “huge.” All these terms certainly applied to the infamous, ill-fated ocean liner of that moniker that was built here in the shipyards of what’s now Northern Ireland’s capital a century ago [...]

June 10, 2012No CommentRead More

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Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

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