Viking River Cruises : best designed cabins afloat!
Viking River Cruises has been investing heavily in new ships with the launch of no fewer than 40 new river cruise Longships since 2012, all fairly identical 190-passenger ships. Recently, we were guests on one of those ships, the Viking Longship Tor, for an eight-day cruise down the Danube River from Nuremberg to Budapest. We…
Wreck Beach in Vancouver … a nude beach for an even tan !
Wreck Beach in Vancouver … a nude beach for an even tan ! Our guide referred to Wreck Beach as a “clothing optional” beach. Perhaps it sounds better than nude, topless, naturist, or some other term. In any case, Wreck Beach, at 4.5 miles long, is the biggest “clothing optional” beach in North America and…
BEST of Bahrain food : Machboos Dijaj, delicious spiced chicken with rice!
Machboos dijaj. Read our previous posting: “Best of Bahamas food: Crack Conch with pigeon peas and rice!” If you like spicy food, you will love Bahraini machboos dijaj, the delicious spicked chicken with rice from Bahrain. Phot DaringGourmet.com Machboos Dijaj recipe from lamag.com : Ingredients 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 3/4 teaspoon…
SAVVY TIPS: For a superb view of Firenze, go shopping!
It only takes a bit of sunshine to inundate Firenze with tourists. Florence is one of the most visited cities in the wold, and rightly so given the wealth of its historical offerings and the charm of the city itself. Few tourist destinations have so much to offer in a relatively small area, and the…