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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.

Private Tour and Concert at St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum and Theater

Posted by Mary P. | August 23, 2016

After our first day of exploration in St. Petersburg, we arrived back to the Ship about 4:30 pm, rushed an…

Fabulous Mosaics and Magnificent Architecture of St. Petersburg’s Churches

Posted by Mary P. | August 17, 2016

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

Posted by Rich E. | August 10, 2016

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

Posted by Michael F. | August 3, 2016

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

Posted by Mary P. | July 20, 2016

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

Posted by Rich E. | July 13, 2016

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

Posted by Marcy P. | July 6, 2016

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

Posted by Rich E. | June 29, 2016

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

Posted by Mary P. | June 21, 2016

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

Posted by Marcy P. | June 16, 2016

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

Posted by Marcy P. | June 2, 2016

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

Posted by Marcy P. | May 27, 2016

On the second day of our visit to Bordeaux we decided to take a day trip to the village of…

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