AIX-EN-PROVENCE — In Hollywood, famous people get their "star" or a handprint on a sidewalk. In this pretty little place, Paul Cezanne gets the sidewalk. You wouldn't likely find Aix-en-Provence (pronounced "ex-on-prah-vence) unless you took a guided tour from the Oceania Riviera, moored 28 kilometres away, like we did. By extension, you also wouldn't see… Continue reading A City and A Painter Linked Forever
Tag: Holland America
Holland America Ups the Veggie Fare
Hands up, if you know somebody who has or has had cancer. Hands down, if you've thought about eating better because of it. We've never been vegetarians. One of us (hands up) is more of a carnivore than she is. Yet we have both felt the urge, or need, to become "more vegetarian" because, frankly,… Continue reading Holland America Ups the Veggie Fare
NCL Ship Crew the Pride of America
Anybody who has been on a cruise ship and who has taken the time to find out already knows that cruise lines strive to be environmentally responsible, in as many ways as possible. Times have changed. Raw waste is no longer dumped into the ocean. Garbage from ships is no longer dumped into bins… Continue reading NCL Ship Crew the Pride of America
A Bit of the Big Ships Out West
Somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, the cruise ship called Rhapsody of the Seas is getting ready to introduce the Oasis-Allure look to cruisers on the West Coast of North America. Since their arrivals from their European birthplaces in 2009 and 2010, respectively, Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas have been confined… Continue reading A Bit of the Big Ships Out West
Viking River Cruise at least Ambitious
Our colleague Phil Reimer, who writes Ports and Bows blogs and column for readers across Canada, recently made a long trip to see Longships, the moniker the rapidly-expanding Viking River Cruises gave its newest line of vessels. What Phil found, among other things, was the most ambitious river cruisers in the world. He witnessed… Continue reading Viking River Cruise at least Ambitious