Author dorabenley

I don’t like cruise terminals in general, but if you have to pick one the Hamburg Cruise Terminal in Hafen City is the nicest one of the group of terminals we encountered in our travels this summer during Cunard’s 175th… Continue Reading →

The quay at Hafen City was crowded with gawkers as the Queen Mary 2 set sail up the Elbe River toward the North Sea. The banks of the river were lined with curiosity seekers. The beaches were filled with kids… Continue Reading →

1000 Year Olds Inspire You: St. Michael’s Church is built of the same old gray bricks and stones as the medieval walls of Southampton. it looks grave and serious standing there just in front of the Tudor House and Garden…. Continue Reading →

When we left the cruise terminal on June 10 to take a stroll in Old Town Southampton we felt we were walking into the medieval past of the city. We stepped on bricks which reminded us of historical events which… Continue Reading →

The Only Garden In Southampton With A Norman Chimney and Elizabethan Cannon: The Elizabethan period is immensely popular with tourists and nowhere more so than in Southampton, England at the Tudor House and Gardens located in Old Town where you… Continue Reading →

The Edward Ware Thriller Series takes place mostly during World War 1 and World War 2. Malcolm Blair Robinson is the author of Hitler’s First Lady and often writes fiction about the same time period. I amquoting here from Malcolm… Continue Reading →

Eat Dinner While You Sail Under The Bridge We got about as close as you can to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge without traveling on the upper or lower decks. Where were we? On deck 3 of the Queen Mary 2… Continue Reading →

It’s Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas in July at Cracker Barrel New Stanton: I’d just come ashore three days before. I’d been away a long time. But the last time I looked it was still summer in the USA. Why when… Continue Reading →

A Fireboat At Dawn: On July 14 at 5:30AM Queen Mary 2 sailed back into New York Harbor, crossing under the Verazzano Narrows Bridge. A fireboat greeted us as part of Cunard’s 175th Birthday Celebration. It was a grand sight…. Continue Reading →

Statue Of Liberty At Dawn: We got a stunning view of the Statue of Liberty at the end of Cunard’s 175th birthday celebration on July 14 when the Queen Mary 2 was docking at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. We were… Continue Reading →