Jan 13
It all began, as so many modern misadventures do, with an unsolicited email. This one, from MSC Cruises, offered an implausibly inexpensive 17-night repositioning cruise from Genoa to Dubai. I briefly considered the prudent response—deleting it—but predictably opted for the impulsive one instead. Reader, I booked it. Given the December departure, we tacked on a …
Oct 23
European Escapades Without the Wings We had an exceedingly agreeable sojourn through Europe this past summer—our own Grand Tour, minus the powdered wigs and rampant consumption. The journey commenced with Swiss Airways to Milan and concluded in Berlin, with Swiss again doing the honours. These were, you’ll be relieved to know, the only airborne episodes …
Feb 21
I’ve travelled quite a bit in my time, but never actually travelled around the world in one direction until 2013. I combined and 18 night trans-Atlantic cruise with several one way air tickets to cook up a very interesting 7 week long RTW itinerary – even if I do say so myself! We started our …
Oct 22
Had the pleasure of visiting Aruba, Bonaire, Cartagena (Colombia), Panama, and Jamaica on an MSC cruise aboard the Poesia in December 2012. Amani and Malaika had a ball on the ship – the staff in the Kid’s Club were great. And a fringe benefit of a great Kid’s Club was Zawadi & I having plenty …
Aug 07
Amani, Malaika & I had a very enjoyable 2 week European holiday in June. We flew Lufthansa to Berlin via Riyadh and Frankfurt, arriving into Tegel airport early in the morning. We then caught the public bus into town – my plan was to put our luggage into storage at the Hauptbahnhoff and do some …
Jun 08
Below is an abbreviated itinerary for our upcoming travel plans next week. Any old friends who may happen to be in the same places at the same time, just drop me a line so we can catch up! June 16: AM Berlin  PM Hamburg 17 Kiel (boarding the MSC Magnifica) 18 At sea 19 Stockholm …
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