A cheap relaxing break

My sister and I like to take holidays in places we have never been before. This year we tried Bulgaria. We booked with Jet2.com and we had to fly from Stansted Airport. The flight was on time and was comfortable enough. A transfer was included. We were staying at the Ivana Palace in Sunny Beach […]…

Five Must-See French River Ports

Paris is perennially popular with river cruise passengers, but France has other enchanting waterside cities too. Francophile cruise fan Gillian Thornton shares her favourites….

An Amazing Weekend Cruise Break

My wife Jackie and I recently joined Ambassador Cruise Line’s Ambience at Tilbury, for the Weekend Escape to Holland and Belgium, a four-night cruise taking us to IJmuiden and Amsterdam, followed by a relaxing day at sea and then Zeebrugge for Bruges. It proved that you don’t need a fortnight away to enjoy the pleasures […]…

The Old Believer village in Moldova

Whilst touring Moldova, we visited the village of Pocrovca, one of the country’s oldest surviving Old Believer or Lipovan settlements. It was founded in the late 17th century by Russian Orthodox Christians who fled religious persecution following the reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon in the 1650s. Nikon wanted to align practices with those of the […]…

Sightseeing in the Gagauz capital

Moldova has two autonomous regions: Transnistria, which the UK Foreign Office advise against travelling to, and Gagauzia in the south, which we spent time visiting on our 17-night tour. Before reaching the Gagauz capital of Comrat, we stopped at the regional boundary to photograph the welcome sign, where the Moldovan and Gagauz flags flew side […]…

A capital dominated by cruise ship passengers

We stayed in Estonia’s capital, Tallinn, for three nights and have two abiding memories: cobbled streets, and cruise ships. On our first full day, P&Os Britannia docked with 3,600 passengers but the following day, two ships with over 5,000 people dominated the city’s main attractions. We were told that prior to Covid and the war […]…

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