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Jennifer Eremeeva

I am a food and travel writer as well as a cruise ship enrichment speaker: my passion is exploring the cuisine, history, and culture of new places and writing about them here in my free bi-weekly (twice monthly) Destination Curation newsletter where I look at the intersection of history, culture, and cuisine in major destinations.

Picture of blossoming cherry tree in Kyoto, Japan
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Exploring Elegant Kyoto

13 April 2025 Greetings from Japan! I am writing this on the bullet train to Tokyo, after a splendid 5-day stay in Kyoto. We were lucky enough to hit the city at peak Cherry Blossom season, and Kyoto was a riot of every shade of pink, from almost white to vibrant rose and everything in between! How fortunate to explore the city decked out in its finest! Cherry Blossom Season in Kyoto As you read this, my mother Frances, and I are boarding Seabourn Quest for our cruise around Japan and on to...

domes of Palermo Cathedral

March 23, 2025 Greetings from Riga! I hope this finds you very well today! As I finish up this newsletter on Saturday evening, I’m basking in the glow of a long walk on the seashore in lovely Jūrmala, which is just a 10-minute drive from Riga. This is such a great luxury to be so close to one of the longer, sandy beaches in this part of Europe, which is kept free of almost all commercial activity, making it a wonderful unencumbered space for families to take long walks, play in the sand, and,...

March 2, 2025 Greetings! I hope this finds you well! I’m coming to you today from home for a change, in lovely Riga, where yesterday we celebrated the first day of spring. Although there was a hint of something spring-like in the air, it was still grey, chilly, and rather foggy. There is no better antidote to this than a trip to Riga Central Market. I’ve been working through several annual medical things, and happily, my clinic is right across the street from the market, via an underpass...

Date: February 2, 2025 Greetings! Hello from the stunning island of Dominica, a volcanic island in the Lesser Antilles, and the scene of some truly stunning rainforests and waterfalls. Sadly, the island was badly damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017, and still getting back on its feet in terms of infrastructure. This island is the perfect stop for a day’s exploration, with plenty of opportunity to wander around and enjoy the amazing natural beauty. We have been on the Queen Mary 2 for about a...

Date Greetings! I hope this finds you very well and settled into 2025! We just disembarked Seabourn Ovation yesterday with much regret, but are happy to be ensconced in the Radisson Aquatica Resort for a few days before joining Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 to begin our journey homeward. This will conclude our epic 3-month time on the road, which began in Barcelona on 21 November 2024. That seems like a long time ago… Our two weeks sailing in the Caribbean were tranquil and enjoyable, with lots of...

January 5m 2025 Hello and Happy, Happy New Year! This newsletter finds Dmitry and me once again on board Seabourn Ovation for a delightful two weeks in the Caribbean. As ever, Ovation feels like what its captains always call it, “home away from home,” and we were thrilled to find so many old friends on board. We will be calling in at Saint Lucia, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, BVI, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Sint Martin on the first leg, followed by Martinique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,...

December 22, 2025 Greetings! I hope this finds you coping admirably with all the demands of the holidays. I am enjoying time with friends and family up and down the Northeastern Seaboard of the United States. It is good to be stateside after about a year overseas, and I’m looking forward to staying in New York and Philadelphia before heading back to work in Bridgetown, Barbados in early January and then back across the Atlantic. Was this email forwarded to you by someone? You can subscribe to...

December 8, 2024 Greetings! Greetings! As I write this, our ship is docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico and when you receive the newsletter, I will be on my way to Washington DC for an exciting few days! I’ll be going to hear the Messiah in the National Cathedral, thanks to my lovely friend Mike. Mike, Dmitry, and I with our friend Alla will take a tour of the White House later next week! I have to say I am very excited! We are all huge West Wing fans, all, and I often feel I know the West Wing...

November 10, 2024 Welcome to the Destination Curation newsletter, created by Jennifer Eremeeva, writer, historian and cruise ship enrichment speaker. Greetings! I am writing this from beautiful Alicante, Spain as the sun sets…well over the container ships if I’m 100% honest. But stunning. This is the penultimate stop on our month-long trip on Seabourn Ovation. Feeling a bit museum-ed out, we (I) headed to the Mercado Centrale, and after walking up and down its amazing booths, I am prepared to...

Date October 27, 2024 Greetings! Welcome to the Destination Curation newsletter, created by Jennifer Eremeeva, writer, historian, and cruise ship enrichment speaker. As I write this, we have been on Seabourn Ovation for two weeks and have another two weeks to go. I always find that the cruise speeds up once one reaches the halfway point, and I’m sorry about this: I’m reveling in the luxury of seeing places such as Cartagena, Malaga, Trapani, and Valetta in the off-season and without the...