By Arie Boris, Editor-in-Chief CruiseGourmet.com Magazine Where does the time fly? I cannot believe it is twenty years since the Crystal Cruise brand was first introduced. It did not take long for the cruise industry and the public to recognize a real game changer! Over the last two decades, Crystal Cruises has come to set [...]
By Arie Boris, CruiseGourmet.com - Bring good walking shoes! Traveling by ship to Europe is just so much better in so many ways! What a joy not to have to deal with airport crowds, rude TSA agents and lost luggage you had the privilege to pay a fee to check. If I had the luxury [...]
Madrid is another of the great capitals of Europe to explore. It may lack the glitz of Barcelona or the popularity Seville, but it has plenty of romance of its own. It’s the home to Spanish Kings and Queens. It has a great medieval center to explore. Its museums are among the greatest in the [...]
Should you drink only bottled water when you’re traveling? Is it safe to drink tap water? Is it safe to brush your teeth with it? These questions come up no matter where you’re traveling. In most developed countries, you don’t need to drink bottled water all the time. Tap water will be safe to drink. [...]
We’ve discussed health and travel before, but if you’re going to travel healthy, there are some things we can add…. and there are some things that bear repeating!
We’ve said that you should be healthy when you leave on your trip. A last minute cold aside, you don’t want to be climbing on a plane if you have the flu or some serious illness. That seems obvious, but people do it all the time. Not only will you be miserable, but you might be infecting others on the plane with you.
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When people ask “Is the water safe?”, they’re usually thinking is it safe to drink?
It’s a basic travel concern. Can you drink the tap water? Should you brush your teeth with it? Do you need to drink and brush with bottled water? That’s important to find out in order to stay healthy, but there are other considerations you should pay attention to.
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You might think that with all the travel we do, we would have no travel trepidation. I can see where you might be justified to assume that, but you’d be wrong. We just got back from a wonderful trip that makes for a good example.
We had some vacation time in November… but at that time of year, weather has to play a role in where you’re going to go. We talked about going wine tasting in South America or maybe going to Tunisia in North Africa… but we settled on Israel.
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Providing one last chance to take a river cruise in 2010, Viking River Cruises, the world’s leading river cruise line, has announced the addition of four new Christmas itineraries for 2010. Each of the 10-day programs will sail during the Christmas holiday, offering travelers the unique opportunity to experience the magic of Christmas in Europe, where so many seasonal traditions began.
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