PART 1 Duxford Imperial War Museum has been on my bucket list for a long time now, and since I had an assignment in October 2023 that...

Number 8: West Cowes Castle West Cowes Castle was one of the castles built on the Isle of Wight, located on the Western side of the harbour entrance of Cowes, still used today by the Red Funnel ferries. The castle was built in 1539 at the Western side of the river Medina in a location that was then known as "The Cowes". West Cowes Castle was smaller than many others and was built with a D-shaped bastion in the front and a 2-story keep in the rear, and it was pretty heavily ar

One could say that out of the ashes of the Covid crisis that cost the life of Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV), a new company emerged,...

Aida Cruises is a well known brand on the European market, more specifically the German market, I will not explain the complete history...

So ... what's going on here? Well ... this ship has 2 names, so let's start at the beginning, shall we? The ship was built in 1998 for...

The SS Rotterdam V of the Holland Amerika Lijn, this ship has been photographed and written about in so many words, articles, books that...

Antwerp has recently replaced the cruise terminal with a new terminal inside the added section to the old castle called "Het Steen", they...

In May 2023 I got an assignment that brought me to Emden for 3 days. Emden is located in the German East Frisia region on the river Ems....

2023 had started and my head was full with my housing project, so not much room for big trips this year. However ... small trips are fine...

CFC - Compagnie Française de Croisières Onnozone Damen Shipyard Brest Article that used 2 of my photos about CFC With Vadym Markelov,...

When I was in Lisbon (Portugal) in summer 2022, I had to drive about an hour north for a small assignment. I knew the area was suffering...

Brussels Airlines has a few iconic airplanes in its fleet, one of them is Rackham, painted in the Tintin theme. Registration OO-SNB. I...

Number 4: Sandown Castle (Kent) Another one of the Castles of the Downs, Sandown was built between 1539 and 1540. It was very similar to...

Our story begins in Bruges (Brugge in Flemish). There was Roman activity in the area in the Second century and the name "Brugge" would...

Number 2: Deal Castle Deal is located between Dover and Ramsgate, it is the middle castle of 3 very similar castles built at equal...

In 1990 in Nagasaki (Japan) the construction of a cruise ship started at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, she was to be named "Asuka". At 192...

What? ... Again? ... Another cruise booked this year and … another cancellation … bugger! (The world as we know it is coming to an end,...

General explanation: History is full of interesting things, much of it can still be seen today and for this story we go back to the year...

Oostende (Ostend in English) is possibly the best-known coastal city of Belgium, it certainly is the largest city of the Belgian coast...

The story starts in 1990 … well in 1846 actually when the first ship, the “Chemin de fer” (renamed “Diamant” in 1855) started a regular...