Portolan

The COVID time-out may actually get us to the end of our 10 years in 2023 with the large passport. But it will still be close. I sincerely hope that there won't be a problem at that time getting the … (View Post)

We did this tour in 2014 and loved it. I haven't examined the current itinerary so our two additional recommendations may be OBE: Arrive early in Hanoi and book a private day trip to Halong Bay (we b… (View Post)

Well, we're going to try this again on December 6th, 2022. Anybody else thinking that far ahead? (View Post)

New survey today without any reference to a specific upcoming trip. Asked to share vaccination status: completed, one shot do far, going to get it, not going to get it. Voluntary, of course. Then a q… (View Post)

We've done Tauck's Rhine Christmas Markets and, quite a while ago, Smithsonian's Danube Christmas Markets (pretty much identical to Tauck's). Both were great. River cruises typically moor near the ol… (View Post)