A YouTube collection of photos of our recent cruise on the beautiful Caribbean Princess. Best viewed in full-screen mode. Enjoy! Our 7-day cruise began on July 5, 2014 and ended on July 12, 2014. Ports we visited included: * Ft. Lauderdale, Florida * Princess Cays, Bahamas * St. Maarten * St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands […]
Read more »Ruby Princess – Rome We docked in Civitavecchia in the early morning and fondly said farewell to the Ruby Princess. Having lived in Rome a few years, we knew Civitavecchia and how to get into the city. We jumped on a Regionale Train and journeyed into Rome. It was great to be back “home” again. […]
Read more »Ruby Princess – Naples After 10+ days of traveling the Mediterranean, we returned to the shores of Italy. The Ruby Princess arrived in Naples in the early morning. I was up early and took these photos of the sun rising behind Mt. Vesuvius. In the early morning, the busy port of Naples was stirring as […]
Read more »Ruby Princess – Santorini On our 10th day of cruising aboard the Ruby Princess we dropped anchor off Santorini. Approaching from the sea, it is one of the most beautiful Greek islands. We arrived in early morning trailed by a few other cruise ships. The depth of the caldera, at 400 meters, makes it possible […]
Read more »Ruby Princess – Corfu…. Day 5 on our Mediterranean cruise took us to Corfu, a UNESCO world heritage site. Corfu is a city of contrasts and so much to see: • Spianáda, located in the center of the city is the largest square in the Balkans. • Listón, Majestic arcades where the aristocrats used to […]
Read more »Ruby Princess – Dubrovnik…. On Day 4 of our Princess cruise, we docked in the Croatian town of Dubrovnik. We jumped on a bus provided by the cruise line and headed from the port to the Old City of Dubrovnik. Often called the ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’, the Old City of Dubrovnik is a beautiful […]
Read more »Ruby Princess – A Day at Sea…. On Day 3 of our 12-day cruise on the Ruby Princess, we spent the Day at Sea. As evening descended, we joined the festivities of the Formal Night. It was truly a relaxing day. copyright (c) 2014 by Ron Phillips Travel LLC – luxury travel and consultancy. All […]
Read more »Ruby Princess – Venice…. On the second day of our 12-day cruise, we again spent the day anchored in Venice. Prior to our evening departure, we explored Academia and Dorsoduro. I enjoy walking in the Academia/Dosoduro neighborhoods as you are detached from the crowded, more touristy sections of Venice. We also had a special invite […]
Read more »Ruby Princess – Venice…. Our 12-day Mediterranean cruise started in Venice, Italy. We’ve been fortunate to travel to Venice many times, but we’ve never departed from the city on a cruise ship. One of the advantages of starting this cruise in Venice was we had an overnight stay in the city… so we could stay […]
Read more »Living in Copenhagen, Amsterdam was often our “connection point” to get home when flying. We became VERY familiar with Schiphol (AMS), the airport southwest of Amsterdam. Schiphol is one of our favorite airports with endless shopping, many restaurants, a spa, and even a casino. Schipol is also very convenient to downtown Amsterdam by taxi, […]
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Ron Phillips is an Independent Consultant of Brownell Travel 
Ron Phillips is an Independent Consultant of Brownell Travel