Caroline Gladstone

Caroline Gladstone

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Ashore in Europe

Ashore in Europe

Deck the Medieval Halls with Holly

3rd January 2019 0

A Christmas Markets cruise is full of bountiful gifts When it’s sizzling hot in Sydney and  the air dense with humidity, my thoughts turn to cool northern climes and a fantastic river cruise I took […]

Ashore in Europe

Derwent Pencils – nostalgia at our fingertips

17th May 2018 0

The thing I wanted most as a primary school student was a box of coloured pencils, specifically Derwent pencils, emblazoned with a picture of Britain’s beautiful Lake District. My wish came true and I duly […]

Ashore

Venice citizens sick of cruise ships – a new ban is announced

12th April 2018 0

Death in Venice – is the cruise ship industry loving Venice too much? Situated on the edge of the Adriatic Sea and surrounded by water, one imagines Venice as the ideal cruise destination. Well it […]

Sample Ship reviews

  • Cruising

    Diamond Princess – Northern Asia

    Turning Japanese –  dare to bare in the bathhouse on Diamond Princess  Making promises over dinner and a few wines is OK but when it comes to agreeing to go naked in a Japanese bathhouse, [...]
  • Cruising

    Reefer madness – lazy days on the Great Barrier Reef

    Coral Expeditions to the Reef – Endless days of snorkelling bliss, as long as you’re wearing a stinger suit The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 2300 kilometres along the Queensland coast and is, in fact, [...]
  • Cruising

    Ocean Endeavour – Greenland & Canada

    Greenland has about 150km of roads and none of them link any two towns. However, it has dozens of fiords and hundreds of waterways, meaning almost everyone has a boat. So the best way for [...]
  • Ships

    Norwegian Star – On board to welcome the new Millennium

    I WAS one of the first people to celebrate the dawn of the new Millennium and one of the few still standing seven hours later when the sun rose over the International Date Line on [...]
  • Ships

    Star Flyer – my favourite cruise

    “IT’S six o’clock on a languid afternoon in Thailand’s Andaman Sea. The sails of the tall ship Star Flyer are unfurled in the breeze. Volunteers eagerly step forward to help hoist them up the four [...]

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