…which is fun experience for first timers. It’s amazing how tight the river cruise ships get to the sides of the locks. Some ships come within 2 or 3 inches of the walls. Many of the Mosel River Valley boat tours can be done in one afternoon. The most popular starting and ending points for day trips are in Koblenz, Cochem and Trier. Check out this 1 hour sightseeing cruise to experience the picturesque Moselle landscape around Cochem. We did a 4…
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You can’t go to Ireland and not see these top 10 Ireland attractions
…tip – before you go to Titanic Belfast, we recommend you look at when the cruise ships are in town. Plan around the cruise ship schedule. A cruise ship was in port when we visited and the museum was very busy that day. Related: Travelling to Ireland? Read these Ireland travel tips More posts from our trip to Ireland: Traveling to Ireland for the first time? Here’s what you need to know Highlights from our 2 week Ireland road trip 20 Photos that w…
Hike to Briksdalsbreen in Jostedalsbreen National Park, Norway
…hs. More info here. This is the best option to visit Briksdal glacier from cruise ship port in Olden. There’s also a glacier shuttle bus service from Stryn Bus Terminal to Briksdal. The bus is parked beside Briksdalsbre Mountain Lodge (Fjellstove). More info here. Note – the Jostedalsbreen National Park Center is located the village of Oppstryn. It’s located about 1 hour drive from Briksdalsbre (30 minutes east of Olden). Related post – Tips for…
The Charming Old Town of Willemstad on Curaçao
…freighter. I did not use my zoom for the above the photo. I had to let the ship pass us completely in order to capture it’s full frame. Huge! After the ship passed, the bridge began to swing across St. Anna Bay to connect the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of Willemstad. I captured the process using the Hyperlapse app on my phone, but sadly my phone had a meltdown shortly afterwards and I didn’t back up my Hyperlapse videos. Another reminder to back…
Things to do in Stockholm, Sweden this summer (with Kids)
…entertained. Learn about tours here. You can pre-book tickets here. If the ship in the 80’s movie “The Goonies” was actually real, it would look similar to this remarkable ship. Watch this short video from our visit to the Vasa Museum. Explore Djurgården Island Djurgården is an island in central Stockholm that is home to several museums and tourist attractions. If you’re traveling to Stockholm with kids, you will want to visit Djurgården. You ca…
16 Things Travel Taught us in 2016
…n. We only had a day to explore the island, because we were on a Caribbean cruise, but we instantly connected with this island and its people. Taking a Caribbean cruise allowed us to visit 6 islands in short period of time. Now we know which islands to return to and which ones to skip. St. Lucia is an island we will revisit in the future so that we can give it the proper attention it deserves. Read: Things to do in St Lucia while on a Caribbean Cr…
30 Photos of Porto Portugal that will inspire you to visit
…al River Cruise. Porto was the starting, and finishing, point of our river cruise with Viking River Cruises. Related – Lisbon exceeded our expectations. Here’s what we did. This is Vila Nova de Gaia, located on the southern banks of the Douro. Many of these buildings store hundreds of barrels of port wine. In fact, Vila Nova de Gaia is said to have the highest concentration of alcohol per square meter in the world. The above photo is one of my fav…
You should travel to Salamanca, Spain. Here’s why.
…sand years old! We visited Salamanca while on a Portugal river cruise. The ship docks in the town of Barca d’Alva (Portugal). We spent 2 nights here. This gives us one full day to explore the city of Salamanca. We disembark the ship and take a private coach directly to the Old City of Salamanca. On the way, we stop for coffee and tapas in a small town in the Spanish countryside. I don’t recall the name. As the coach approaches Salamanca, we are me…
