Historic Travel Archives - Notable Travels

Through the Heart of Europe: the second time around

Fourteen years ago we took our first Viking River Cruise to celebrate a special birthday. Our journey along the Danube, the Rhine, and the canal that connects them was one of our best trips ever, something so many of our fellow passengers said, as well. Would the Grand European Tour from Budapest to Amsterdam be as much fun the second time around?

Hurtigruten: A journey to the top of the world

Posted by Linda Fasteson

The stunning West Coast of Norway was living up to its reputation as the most beautiful coastline in the world. This region is renowned for its spectacular landscape of fjell, fjord, and foss (mountains, fjords, and waterfalls).

The best of Munich in 48 hours

Posted by Linda Fasteson

While a visit to the capital of Bavaria is not complete without sausages, pretzels, beer and some oom-pah music, Munich is much more than its celebrated beer halls, beer gardens and even the world-renowned Oktoberfest.

Innsbruck, Capital of the Alps, and its holiday villages

Posted by Linda Fasteson

Innsbruck, with a name meaning “bridge over the Inn River”, is a city renowned for its alpine scenery and recreation.

Top things to see and do in New Zealand

Posted by Linda Fasteson

Kia Ora , the Maori greeting, welcomes visitors this land of fiery volcanoes and glacial ice. Steam billows from craters that delve deep into the earth and snow crowns magnificent mountains that soar to the sky. Mud pools boil and glacial lakes glisten. Unique and flightless birds like the kiwi and now-extinct moa, largest bird on earth, flourished until the arrival of man and other predators.