What does a well-dressed boomer wear to carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? How about one of the costumes from the Carnival Museum? When our Regent Seven Seas Navigator cruise ended in Rio, after sailing across the Atlantic from Cape Town, we had the entire ...
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Saturday’s scene: waiting for carnival
Saturday’s scene: leaving Longyearbyen
Alan photographed this gorgeous scene as Regent Seven Seas Voyager sailed from Longyearbyen on a Norwegian cruise itinerary that began and ended in Denmark. So where is Longyearbyen? Located on the island of Sptizbergen in the administrative area of Svalbard, Norway, Longyearbyen is the
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Saturday’s scene: Sunset in the North Pacific
Boomer cruisers, when you picture a sunset photo taken from the deck of your favorite cruise ship, does sailing the Caribbean or South Pacific come to mind? Think again. Alan took this photo from our stateroom balcony as we cruised across the North Pacific on Regent Seven Seas Mariner on a cold November day....
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On Your Own in Sitka
On an Alaskan cruise that starts in Vancouver or Seattle, boomer cruisers might grow weary of Alaska ship excursions by the time they reach Sitka. That was certainly the case when Alan and I sailed on Regent Seven Seas Mariner from Vancouver to Singapore. Walkable Sitka proved to be an excellent Alaskan destination for...
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Regent Seven Seas and Oceania win luxury travel awards
Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises won top honors in the Virtuoso Performance Awards, which recognize luxury travel experiences.
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Discovering Norway the Hurtigruten Way
Is a cruise along the Norwegian coast on your boomer adventure list? Alan and I will never forget our voyage on Regent Seven Seas Voyager that not only included included the lovely fjords but also introduced us to adventure above the...
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Love NPR and PBS? This cruise is for you
Public broadcasting personalities will be aboard a Regent Seven Seas sailing in November.
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Regent Cruises 2012
The ships of Regent Seven Seas Cruises offer voyages of exploration and discovery to more than 300 ports on all seven continents. Regent Seven Seas Cruises luxury vessels are designed for guests numbering in the hundreds rather than the thousands. The ambiance on board is personal, individual, accommodating – “upscale but not uptight...
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Tours & cruises: Cruise through Europe with journalists
The all-suite, all-balcony Regent Seven Seas Mariner is the venue for four NPR and PBS journalists —Scott Simon, Gwen Ifill, Joseph Rosendo and Mark Samels — who will be presenters and panelists for onboard lectures and discussions about politics and culture
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Saturday’s scene: Remembering Sendai
While on a Regent Seven Sea cruise from Vancouver to Singapore, our ship, Mariner, stopped in several Japanese ports. On each occasion, official delegations swapped plaques and speeches with Captain Felice Patruno, while welcoming cruise passengers with dance performances on the docks, fireboats saluting the ship with sprays of water as she entered harbors,...
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