Travel Gear Review: Tenba Messenger DNA Camera Bag

Traveling with Viking Cruises recently, I knew there would be plentiful photo opportunities. Sailing the rivers and oceans of the world with Viking, this has always been the case.  Our 14-night itinerary from London to Bergen delivered all the photo Read More …

Travel Security: Meet Juice Jacking

“Avoid using free charging stations in airports, hotels or shopping centers,” the FBI’s Denver Twitter account said. “Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices. Carry your own charger and Read More …

Viking Health Protocols = Zero Positive Travelers

Highlighting a solid advantage of small ship sailing, health protocols on our recent Viking river cruise added up to zero passengers testing positive for COVID. That was the announcement on the very last day of our 8-day sailing from Basel Read More …

Photo Dump: Everything I Saw On Our Viking Rhine Getaway Cruise

I took another look and picked a number of photos representative of what we saw along the way on our Viking River Cruise Read More …

Now Sailing: Three More Princess Ships

A trio of Princess Cruises ships are returning to active service. Crown Princess, Island Princess and Royal Princess make a total of 12 ships, 80 percent of the fleet, that have resumed cruising since July 2021. Island Princess departed Ft. Read More …

Journey To The Top Of Cologne (Photo Storybook)

On a 15-day Grand European Tour with Viking River Cruises, we visited a number of interesting places while traveling from Budapest to Amsterdam. Weighted heavily on German destinations, one of the most interesting was a long stay in Cologne.  The Read More …

All The Motorcoach Photo Tricks I Know

Workarounds for seeing the world through the windows of a tour bus. Read More …