It’s that time again.  WAVE Season, the best time to book a cruise.  It happens yearly from January to March 31.  What is Wave Season? During Wave Season, all the cruise lines put out their best promotions of the year.  In addition to that, there are also some really juicy offers to travelers who book […]

Discovering Budapest Recently I returned from a two week trip to Central Europe. I spent a week as a first time visitor to Budapest where I attended the first ASTA Global River Cruise Expo. It was the perfect destination to have the Expo due to it’s prime location on the Danube River. Many river cruise […]

In 2018, a friend and I went on a Christmas Market River Cruise.  The cruise began in Vienna. Christmas time in Vienna is the perfect time to visit, and so, we added 3 days to our schedule to make the most of it!  Vienna Day 1 Entering the arrivals hall and seeing your name on […]

Welcome back for more European Christmas Markets from my cruise in 2018. This is a continuation of my first blog. If you missed it, here’s the link to Christmas Market River Cruise part one of my Christmas Market cruising adventure with AmaWaterways. But first, I often find that sometimes people don’t really understand what a […]

Taking a European Christmas Market River Cruise is my favorite way to enter into the Advent season. It’s a magical experience like nothing else, and once you go, you’ll want to go again.

One of the best ways to cap off a river cruise on the Danube is a trip to Prague.  This is true whether you’re on a Christmas market cruise or not.  The highlight of Prague is the Prague Old Town Square.  This is where one of the Christmas markets are held  The Prague Old Town […]

  What are the best river cruises in Europe?  It’s a question that is often asked and there could be many answers   But in my experience, the best river cruise in Europe can be had on an AmaWaterways river cruise.  You might think that the words “inland” and “cruise” are incompatible. Well, let me show […]

This article is going to tell you the differences between an ocean cruise and a river cruise. It’s a relatively simple task, but it’s not easy. The reason it’s not easy is that there are various levels or styles of cruising and price ranges to go along with them. Each cruise line has its own […]

Aalsmeer Flower Auction When I visited Amsterdam, I knew nothing about Royal FloraHolland, and I had no idea what I was going to see. But I have seen it now, and you should see it too. Located in Aalsmeer, it’s known as the Aalsmeer Flower Auction. You might have no concept of what is happening […]

Wintergarden on the Viking Star by Viking Ocean Cruises In December of 2017 I was privileged to take a tour of the Viking Sky while she was docked in Fort Lauderdale. Viking gave a select group of travel agents the opportunity to view the Sky first hand. We toured the restaurants, public areas, entertainment, spa, […]