September 5, 2014
One Day in Corfu, Greece: A Cruiser’s Guide
I had been to Greece once before. In 2006, my former flatmate Jo from my Edinburgh days found a killer deal to Kos for 10 days. So we went,...
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September 1, 2014
One Day in Montenegro: Climbing the Walls of Kotor
I’ve always wanted to go to Montenegro—long before it was its own entity and when it was still adjoined with Serbia, maybe even when...
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August 29, 2014
Going Off the Grid in the Italian Isles
When you go on a cruise, it’s always the unexpected towns—not the big ‘uns you’ve heard about all your life—that wind up...
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August 25, 2014
Cruising the Mediterranean Seat on the Star Clipper
It’s hard to believe it’s been more than two months since SVV and I boarded that plane bound for Rome. Coming back and starting a...
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March 22, 2013
Crusing the Caribbean: A Quick Dive in Antigua
Since we seem to be caught up in the Winter That Never Ends, looking back at these photos from our time in the Caribbean a number of years ago...
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March 8, 2013
Exploring Îles des Saintes
Îles des Saintes was the one stop on our Caribbean cruise with which I was not familiar. (Are you?) It’s a small cluster of islands in...
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February 6, 2013
View from the Crow’s Nest of the Star Clipper
The first couple days we were on board the Star Clipper, my monkey of a husband had an overwhelming desire to scamper up to the crow’s...
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February 1, 2013
Speeding around St. Barths on a Star Clippers Cruise
St. Barths was exactly what I expected, and yet nothing like I thought it would be. Does that make sense? That’s to say the island was...
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January 25, 2013
Water Sports in Guadeloupe on our Star Clippers Caribbean Cruise
Of the seven islands we visited on our Caribbean cruise, Guadeloupe was probably the least exciting (for me)—which is not a bad thing,...
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January 22, 2013
Eels, Puffers & Lionfish: Diving Dominica
The difference in a Caribbean cruise versus one in, say, Alaska, the Mediterranean or South America, is that the islands are so close...
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