SLOW TRAVEL
Author: Chris Owen
Chris Owen is a travel writer from Orlando, Florida USA
Carnival Corp Brands Intensify Destination Focus
The Carnival Corporation family of brands has a variety of unique travel experiences for cruise travelers ranging from fun to luxury. Each offers a distinct focus and goes after their target traveler with an effort backed by dynamic resources. Some recent Read More …
The Viking Advantage: We Would Gladly Repeat Our Experience
In the second of two parts, we detail our experience with Viking River Cruises sailing a modified itinerary on the Elbe River in Germany, parting thoughts that will prove helpful to other travelers in a similar future situation. We Would Do Read More …
Sailing Viking: Visiting Lutherland
For a number of us on Viking River Cruises Elegant Elbe trip, the stop in Wittenberg was the main attraction. Home to Martin Luther, father of the Protestant Reformation who planted the seeds that would eventually become modern day Lutheranism. Lisa and Read More …
Sailing Viking: History Comes To Life
We throw around the apt description of travelers for whom the Viking river cruise experience resonates as “culturally curious”, and rightfully so. Viking Longships satisfy that curiosity by taking them along rivers that have seen so much throughout time. Wars Read More …
Sailing Viking: The Magical Ship Swap
Sailing with Viking River Cruises brings their culturally curious travelers to interesting places around the world on carefully curated tours. On themed voyages, we have traced the steps of master artists on Viking’s Portraits of Southern France itinerary, traveled through Read More …
Sailing Viking: Elegant Elbe River Cruise Journal
We’re back with a personal favorite, Viking River Cruises for one of their new itineraries for 2015. The Elegant Elbe promises that we will discover the natural beauty of former East Germany’s dramatic landscape, tour the opulent palaces of Saxon monarchs Read More …
Sailing Viking: Scenic Cruising, No Ship Required
DRESDEN, GERMANY- Resigned to the fact that Viking Astrild is resting on the Elbe River bed and going no where, we were rapidly settling in to a relaxed daily pace. We were good with that, like most other well-traveled Viking Read More …