The ITC Maurya Hotel has truly pleasant staff, but the best part of all is the excellent food in the dining room, which is open 24 hours a day. I quickly adapted to an almost vegetarian diet, really enjoying the Indian fleshless meals. Although I am neither a soy nor cottage cheese fan, the cooked […]
Arriving in India was a great experience. The Lufthansa flight was on time, and I was fortunate enough to have paid to travel in business class, so I was almost the first one off the plane. LH business was great, an almost flat bed, great service and wonderful food. Anyway, at the top of the […]
Emirates airlines launched new daily direct service from Seattle to Dubai on March 01 so I took advantage of the 14 hour & 50 minute non-stop flight. The flight departed at 5:30PM so I had plenty of time to drive the 2 ½ hour route from Vancouver the day of departure. There are plenty of […]
May 30 Docked in downtown St. Petersburg this morning to spend 3 days of viewing the opulence of the Czars. Had our first of 5 tours on Wednesday morning and experienced our first day of clouds and rain. The tour gave us an overview of the many sights to see here by bus and canal […]
May 29 Our Virtuoso Voyager Club excursion in Helsinki was a tasty sliver of life in Northern Europe. We left the pier at 8:30am toured the immediate area around the pier which allowed our group of 18 to get off the bus and visit with one another. We then visited a famous architect’s home where […]