September 7, 2025 Greetings! Greetings from stunning Dubrovnik in the splendid Adriatic! We’ve been here for 4 wonderful days, staying at the Dubrovnik Palace Hotel, which has provided us with the perfect blend of sun and sea, with easy access (15 minutes by a bus that stops just outside the hotel) to the Old City. It’s been a great end-of-summer pause before an almost solid 3 months of work on board Seabourn Encore and Ovation. I knew I needed more time in Dubrovnik than just 8 hours —...
10 days ago • 13 min read
August 3, 2025 Greetings! Greetings from beautiful Verona! I’ve come here for a very special event — the birthday party of a dear friend, which has reunited us with many other old friends we haven’t seen in several years. It’s been a spectacular weekend at the enchanting Villa Cordevigo, which almost immediately earned a coveted Destination Curation thumbs up! Did you receive this newsletter from a friend? Click here for your own free subscription. This is gorgeous countryside — right near...
about 1 month ago • 11 min read
July 20, 2025 Greetings! Coming to you today from lovely Honningsvag, Norway for our second fjord cruise of the season. Once again, we are on the top of the world and have forgotten what a dark night looks like! Did you receive this newsletter from a friend? Click here for your own free subscription. We’re enjoying magical weather and have been so lucky to enjoy scenic cruising while dining and enjoying chatting with other guests on several evenings. My Norway talks have gone well. I’ve found...
about 2 months ago • 13 min read
July 6, 2025 Greetings from wonderful Iceland! While the rest of Europe languishes in a heat wave, we have been getting good use out of our woolen socks and down vests! Our time on Seabourn Sojourn has been truly enjoyable. Did you receive this newsletter from a friend? Click here for your own free subscription. This is a lovely ship with a superb crew. A real treat is Deborah Dyer singing in the Observation Bar each evening. I first met Deborah on Ovation, where she worked in the Solis Bar —...
2 months ago • 12 min read
June 22, 2025 Greetings and Happy Midsummer from the Land of the Midnight Sun! Did you receive this newsletter from a friend? Click here for your own free subscription. Seabourn Sojourn in Trondheim, Norway Greetings from the top of the world! Yesterday, we left Honningsvag, Norway and made our way back down south towards Loen, Bergen, and Amsterdam: three marvelous stops I am looking forward to revisiting. The weather has been chilly and damp, but that cannot deter from the many charms of...
3 months ago • 8 min read
June 8, 2025 Greetings! I’m coming to you from home for a change, where the lilacs are out and the weather is great…when it’s not bucketing down with rain, that is. Did you receive this newsletter from a friend? Click here for your own free subscription. Lilacs in Riga Whatever the weather, it is great to be back in Riga, particularly with the big news that Latvia has become a member the United Nations Security Council for 2026-2027. Here’s the official announcement, which outlines Latvia’s...
3 months ago • 15 min read
May 25, 2025 Greetings! I hope this finds you very well, and if you are in the Northern Hemisphere that you are enjoying a lovely late springtime/early summer. I’ve been felled by a rather insidious cold I picked up on the ship (along with everyone else) and so was frustrated in my ambitions to see all kinds of exhibits and do all kinds of New York things before sailing on Friday. Instead, I holed up in my cousin Mark’s apartment and relished some truly amazing takeaway, which is one of the...
4 months ago • 11 min read
May 11, 2025 Greetings from Glacier Bay, Alaska! A very happy Mother’s Day to all celebrating today! I’m very grateful to be spending this Mother’s Day with my mom, on Seabourn Quest. My only concern is how to get her off the ship when we arrive in Vancouver: she's had a wonderful cruise, made lots of friends, and sampled each of Seabourn's signature souffles. Did you receive this newsletter from a friend? Click here for your own free subscription. Our six-day voyage across the Pacific to...
4 months ago • 15 min read
April 27, 2025 Greetings! Hello from the Pacific Ocean on a hazy sea day as we make our way from Kagoshima to Shimizu, Japan. We’ve been in southern Japan, primarily in the Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands, enjoying tropical weather and all kinds of sights and sounds and good things to eat! I loved visiting the colorful Makishi Market in Naha — so many colors, textures, noises, and smells! Green garlic was in season and I really enjoyed all of the ways they parlayed this into...
5 months ago • 11 min read