by Gordon Turner
I arrived hours behind schedule at Vienna’s Handelskai, weary and hungry because of a missed plane connection, and too late for the riverboat Avalon Poetry’s welcome cocktail party and dinner. Not to worry, though. On hearing of my predicament, the receptionist picked up her phone, called the chef, and within minutes I sat [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Cruising the Waterways of Austria and Germany
Posted in Uncategorized on 25 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New Brochure Available from The Cruise People
Posted in Antarctica, Elegant, Elsewhere, New Brochure, South America on 24 November, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Elegant Cruises and Tour. Small ships voyages. Adriatic, Azores, British Isles, Western Mediterranean, Transatlantic, Patagonia, Falklands and Antarctica.
BuzzNet Tags: MS Monet,MA Andrea
MSC Theme Cruises
Posted in MSC, Theme Cruises/Voyages on 21 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Baseball Greats Cruises
Baseball Greats Cruises Rub elbows with some of the greatest players to have ever graced the field. Enjoy interactive question-and-answer session with the players, player-hosted trivia games, a lively story-telling session in which the players share candid revelations about some of the “characters” of the game, COMPLIMENTARY AUTOGRAPHS and pitching, hitting, and defense [...]
New Brochure
Posted in MSC, Mediterranean, New Brochure on 21 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just in is its Mediterranean 2009 Cruises brochure. Its programme features air from Toronto, four itineraries and four ships.
Until 06 Jan 09 Sunquest has early booking bonuses available.
Contact us to mail you a copy.
Flickr Tags: Sunquest,MSC fantaia,msc splendida,MSC musica,msc poesia
New Brochures Available
Posted in Cunard, New Brochure, World on 20 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We now have available for mailing Cunard’s World Cruises 2010 brochure.Says Cunard, “It’s a magnificent world. You should see it properly.”
The Cruise People, Ltd. is your agency for Cunard travel We have been sailing in its ships since 1968. We have sailed in RMS Franconia, Cunard Adventurer, Cunard Ambassador, RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS Queen [...]
Revised PRINCE ALBERT II Itinerary
Posted in Alaska, Antarctica, Expedition Voyages, News, Silversea on 19 November, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Silversea’s latest addition to the fleet, Prince Albert II, which was originally scheduled to reposition from Antarctica to French Polynesia for the 2009 spring and summer seasons, will now sail back to her inaugural destination – the Arctic – on June 1. The ship will operate nine expeditions in the Arctic before heading south [...]
New Winter Atlantic Crossings By Freighter
Posted in News, Passenger Freighters, TransAtlantic on 13 November, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Many people have contacted us recently looking for winter sailings from Montreal to Liverpool or Antwerp (or reverse).
Now we have received news of two ships which do this run and will accept passengers in the winter. We call these ships the “V” ships, built in 2006.
There is only one cabin (owner’s suite) on each [...]
Carnival, Carnival, Carnival!
Posted in Carnival, Costa, Cunard, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Lines, P&O, Seabourn on 4 November, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When John Maxtone-Graham wrote a chapter on Carnival in his 1992 book “Crossing & Cruising,” this was the title he used in his frank assessment of Carnival Cruise Lines then. Since then, this has been the line that introduced the world’s first 100,000-ton cruise ship, in 1996, and is now putting its eight “Fantasy” [...]
