My name is Tucker T. Bear and I belong to Rosemary Hodges. She is my mom and a travel consultant. Rosemary’s husband Ed gave me to her as a gift 30 years ago on their first trans-Atlantic crossing of the Queen Elizabeth 2 . I was so glad to be rescued from that gift shop! On [...]
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Tucker Travels
Posted in Cruising on April 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Castles Along the Rhine: A Uniworld Boutique River Cruise
Posted in Cruising, Europe, Food, Group travel, River cruising, Travel, Travel tips on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our voyage began with an extended stay in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam is a beautiful, bustling city which offers a variety of walking tours that I highly recommend. I chose to be adventurous and stroll through the old city on my own following a printed walking tour from Frommer’s which took about 3 hours. This tour [...]
Rome, Venice & a first time cruise on the Med aboard the Crown Princess
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Cruising, Europe, Romance, Travel, Travel tips on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s what clients who recently returned from an anniversary Mediterrenean cruise aboard the Crown Princess with an extended stay in Rome & Vencie had to say about their trip. Where do I start…..our trip was AMAZING!!!! All went well with our flight to Rome and our transfer to our hotel. The driving in Rome was [...]
The Azamara Journey: Cruising Greece, Italy and Turkey
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Cruising, Europe, History, Travel on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Azamara Club Cruise from Athens (Piraeus), Greece to Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy aboard the Azamara Journey: A fantastic cruise filled with seeing wonders of the ancient world. A wonderful cruise in the Mediterranean aboard the Azamara Journey began in Athens (Piraeus), Greece. Arriving a day early to Athens gave us time to relax and enjoy the sites of [...]
“The Legendary Danube” aboard the MS Amalyra (AMA Waterways)
Posted in Cruising, Europe, Travel on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What a winter adventure! Our trip was during the beginning of the Christmas markets (Note: due to the dates of our trip, they were setting up the markets in the Czech Republic and Germany; we did not visit any markets until we reached Austria and Hungary). Prague, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Vienna, Salzburg, Budapest and the amazing [...]
*Alaska- Experience the Wilderness
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Alaska, Cruising, Nature, North America, Travel on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My husband and I recently returned from a ten day land and cruise tour of our beautiful state of Alaska. With so much to see in Alaska, we had the opportunity to experience the best sites by ship, rail, and motorcoach, staying at pristine lodges and cruising on the beautiful Diamond Princess. Our land tour included [...]
*The Queen Mary 2- more than a traveler expected
Posted in Cruising, Europe, Travel on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A traveler talks about her transatlantic sailing aboard the Queen Mary 2. You know, for us the idea taking the Queen Mary 2 to Europe was in the beginning a means for transportation, an alternative to a flight. However, it was a lot more and we enjoyed every moment of it. The boarding and disembarkation [...]
*Alaska small ship cruising – A traveler raves about her recent adventure
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Alaska, Cruising, Nature, Travel on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“My husband and I just got back from an Alaska cruise by American Safari Cruises. I have been on over a dozen typical Alaska cruises, but this one was much different. The cruise ship only holds 36 passengers and we were 32. Believe it or not we had 7 days of sun – and great [...]
