The Living Journey
Welcome to The Living Journey – a collection of journal entries and photographs by our own Residents that offers an exclusive glimpse into their adventures at sea. Experience The World through their eyes as they share personal and authentic stories of what it’s like to travel the globe from the comfort of home on this luxurious ship. These posts capture their once-in-a-lifetime experiences not found anywhere else on earth. This blog is continually updated so we invite you to come back and visit often.
Fabulous Mosaics and Magnificent Architecture of St. Petersburg’s Churches
We arrived to the entrance of the Dam of St. Petersburg around 7:30 this morning. This is a fantastic 16…
A medieval marvel: Tallin, Estonia
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia, situated on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, about 80…
Hiking the rugged coastline of Belle Ile, France
After two days at sea, travelling from London to the Atlantic side of Brittany in France, we arrived in Belle…
The World celebrates its inaugural visit to Wismar
We docked in Wismar about 9 am to a warm welcome from this community of around 45,000 people. Their fireboat…
Dinner with friends, while traversing the Kiel Canal
Originally constructed between 1887 and 1895 and named in honor of Kaiser Wilheim, the Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal) is the…
A short, but spectacular afternoon in Bruges
One morning during our stay in Antwerp, a group of us took a brief excursion to Bruges, the beautiful medieval…
The opulent architecture of Hamburg, Germany
Since its origins as a moated castle between the Alster and Elber rivers, the “free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg”…
Walking the historic streets and golf courses of Santander, Spain
It was a beautiful sail to Santander which is located on the northwestern coast of Spain on the Bay of…
There is much to learn and love about Antwerp
It seems strange that we had been in Antwerp for three days, yet had never explored the town. But that’s…
Enjoying Honfleur on our final days in France
It was another blissful sea day as we sailed further north into France. There was lunch with a friend, a…
Scaling sand dunes and sampling oysters in Arcachon
On the second day of our visit to Bordeaux we decided to take a day trip to the village of…
Exploring the many views of Porto, Portugal
We arrived to Porto around 2 pm so we had a relaxing morning in the Apartment, still trying to shake…
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