Pride and Prejudice was published today in 1813, and has since gone on to become one of the best-loved literary classics of all time. Jane Austen’s era saw a great deal of classic works written throughout Europe too, and many of the Continent’s landmark cities were home to some of the greats of Western literature. […]
The lesser-known ports of the Russian waterways
On a river cruise of the waterways of Russia it’s easy to pay almost all of your attention to the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg. That’s with fair reason, since the two cities are packed with attractions and it’s where you’ll spend the most time in one place – almost every river package you […]
From Amsterdam to Astrakhan – an epic river voyage – Part 1
The news that we’ll be celebrating the centenary of the Panama Canal next year got me thinking of another watery man-made wonder; the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. 106 miles long, it was completed in 1992 and connects the three rivers in its name, forming one continuous waterway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea