Paul Motter, editor of top-notch cruising website CruiseMates.com, was one of a few hand-selected journalists recently invited to Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard for a tour of the newbuilding QUEEN ELIZABETH nine weeks before her scheduled completion. He has provided his readers with a detailed preview of the ship’s myriad features as…
Writing the first portion of this post from the starboard forward suite (now called cabin 107) on board the lovely little AURORA (ex WAPPEN VON HAMBURG, DELOS, XANADU, etc.) as she is towed by the 1936-built former research vessel ROBERT GRAY. We departed Rio Vista, CA in the Sacramento River…