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Travel
Category Archives: cruises
Headed home from Vietnam during COVID-19
Today we are trying to get home to Houston Texas from Vietnam as worldwide panic has set in over COVID-19. Boris was convinced that he would sleep through the night knowing we had flights in the morning. It didn’t work … Continue reading
Posted in cruises, international, River Cruise
Tagged Ho Chi Minh City, Houston, Saigon, Uniworld, Vietnam
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The Saigon River at Night
Our last night in Saigon, we are taking a dinner cruise on the new riverboat, the Saigon Princess. Since Cambodia has closed its borders and river traffic along the Mekong has been shut down, Uniworld was forced to cancel our … Continue reading
Reality hits us in Saigon
No sleep again last night. We were just too anxious about what was happening with our trip. We went down to breakfast at 6:30 am when they opened. We had been up for hours. Even though our meeting was not … Continue reading
Saga in Saigon
The real saga of our visit to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Vietnam began early the next morning. With the time change, it was hard to sleep normal hours and Boris woke up at 1:30 am to find a message … Continue reading
Posted in cruises, international, River Cruise
Tagged AO Show, Bamboo Circus, Bitexco Financial Tower, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the immaculate Conception, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater, Le Corto Wine Dining, Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica Saigon, Park Hyatt Saigon, Reunification Palace, Saigon, Saigon Central Post Office, Saigon Opera House, Tran Hung Dao, Vietnam, Vietnamese Bamboo Circus
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Safely in Saigon
With the world on high alert with the Coronavirus, most travelers are staying home. Even local activities-like the World’s Largest Rodeo held annually in Houston-have been cancelled. With a major financial investment already made and a bucket list trip planned, … Continue reading
The End to the Christmas Market Cruise in Basel, Switzerland
Today we are in Basel, Switzerland on the Rhine River where Switzerland, Germany, and France meet. In fact some of the city’s suburbs are in these other countries. They speak their own dialect of German here. It is the country’s … Continue reading
Posted in cruises, international, River Cruise
Tagged Basel, Basel Munster, Marktplatz, Munsterplatz, Rathaus, Switzerland
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The Christmas Season in Strasbourg, France
Today we will be visiting Strasbourg, France which sits right on the border of France and Germany. In fact, due to tax benefits many of the people that work in the city live across the bridge in Germany. They have … Continue reading
Posted in cruises, international, River Cruise
Tagged canal, Cathedral of our Lady, France, La Petite France, Petite France, Strasbourg
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Eberbach Abbey, Rudesheim, and Wiesbaden Germany
There was an early buffet dinner this evening to accommodate those wanting to go to the Christmas Market in the evening and for the group of us that wanted to take an optional tour to Kloster Eberbach in nearby Eltville. … Continue reading
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Tagged Eberbach Abbey, Eltville, Germany, Kloster Eberbach, Kurhaus, marktkirche, Rudesheim, Staatstheater, Twinkling Star Market, Wiesbaden
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The German Corner and Castles on the Rhine
Our second full day of the Christmas market cruise began with a stop at the German Corner where the Rhine and Moselle Rivers meet. The landscape is dominated by the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress on one side of the Rhine and the Statute … Continue reading
