Now that we’ve had a few days to rest up and put a few real estate deals together we are already excited for our next Vivere Travel exploratory adventure. On Thursday of the coming week, we’ll board the largest and most innovative ocean liner ever built, Cunard’s luxurious Queen Mary 2 for a week long jazz cruise featuring Gregory Porter and Blue Note. Our musical journey will transit the North Atlantic from New York City to Southhampton in the United Kingdom. This will conclude our travel abroad for this year resulting in over 60 days at sea and visits to sixteen countries on four continents. (No wonder we’re so tired) 2015 will also go down as the year we sailed on four cruise lines; Carnival, Princess, Azamara and Cunard and passed through so many metal detectors and body scanners that we probably glow in the dark.

The purpose of this journey is two fold; to check out the world famous White Star service only available onboard Cunard and secondly, to spend a few days visiting New York City on our return, something I’ve never had the opportunity to do. As there are no stops on the way to England I imagine we’ll have plenty of time to explore the QM2 and simply relax, something we rarely get to do on most of our adventures. In New York, on the other hand, Sue has already put together another of her famous whirlwind itineraries guaranteed to leave me breathless and requiring medication for my aching joints. The Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, the Top of the Rock, the Empire State Building, dinner at Carmine’s and the Broadway show Chicago will all be squeezed into our short visit before returning to Laughlin just in time to get started on the Holidays. Geez!

In the coming days I look forward to reporting to you from the Queen Mary 2 and our brief visit to New York City. In the meantime, if you think you might enjoy accompanying Sue and me in our daring adventures around the world, make sure to give us a call or check out our website at www.VivereTravel.com. We’ve already scheduled our Friends and Family Caribbean Cruise for February, a land tour of Ireland and a Baltic cruise in June and we are currently investigating the possibility of another of our popular Med cruises in late summer or early fall of 2016. Don’t forget we are always happy to help you with group travel events and arrangements anywhere in the world whether for business or pleasure. When it comes to travel, experience makes the difference and as you can see, we’ve been there!

Until next week, “Ciao for Now”!