Trying to decide whether to book a ship organized shore excursion or do it yourself? Advice on the benefits and pitfall of shore excursions

Dubrovnik is one port stop that I always enjoy. Contributing to my love affair with this city is the fact that the weather has always...

Last year my husband and I decided that a visit to Iceland was in order and we found a cruise that stopped in Reykjavik for two days and...

Over the past 20 years, Croatia has been one of my favourite places to visit. I was originally supposed to visit Zagreb in the early...

I have been to Venice a number of times and enjoyed great, good and terrible weather. Which in turn means I have experienced Venice at...

I have visited a number of places in Spain and spent a lot of time in both Madrid and Barcelona however this was my first visit to Cádiz....

As mentioned in my previous blog post relating to Southampton, prior to taking a cruise from that port city, I opted to take a day trip...