They sure are proud of their music in Austin, the ‘Live Music Capitol of the World’. When I was driving into town from Galveston, in the...

It seems Galveston has always been a bit of a racy place long before it became famous for pleasure beaches, pier amusements and as a...

I have already sailed from Galveston Island on the Carnival Magic through its silt filled green Gulf coastal waters on a 7 night fun...

Things have changed since the Costa Concordia, there is no doubt. I am sailing on the Carnival Magic out of Galveston and have settled...

Gulf Coast and all that Jazz KEMAH, Texas One of the first things you notice about Kemah is that doors are not only unlocked but even...

The event was ‘majestic’ as Thomson Cruises presented its new Platinum Cruises programme at the National Theatre’s DECK last night. The...

Arriving into Amsterdam on a bright, sunny morning, 21st March 2012 the first day of spring, I was on my way to the christening of four...

I couldn’t believe it. We were visiting the Rila Monastery in the Rila Mountains of Bulgaria which is, in fact, the largest monastery in...

Flying into Sofia, it should have been apparent from the snow on the ground that it was cold. But -4C on a windy tarmac is far colder...

Did anyone notice it was Friday the 13th when the Costa Concordia’s ‘number was up’ and she careened into rocks near Isla Giglio off the...

2012 is a special year. Not only is it the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympic games but also the 175th anniversary of P&O...

I recently sailed on the classic ocean-liner, Marco Polo, on a trip across the English Channel and up the Seine to beautiful Rouen, then...

I was greatly disappointed that our cruise on the Aegean Odyssey would not be stopping at Suez due to the continuing ‘troubles’ in Egypt....

It is early Saturday morning, the 26th of November, and I am on the Aegean Odyssey travelling up the Red Sea to the Suez Canal. The...

I have copied the press release (below) from Rachel O’Reilly PR.  All the details are there and I know people are keen to book a Titanic...

Dame Shirley Bassey named as Godmother to Britain’s latest cruise ship Fantastic news that Dame Shirley Bassey has been named as...

She nearly threw the handful of nuts and goodies at me.  Wearing a metallic T-bar styled mask with a strip covering her eyebrows, the...