Cycling & Europe River Cruising — A Great Combo
Cycling & Europe River Cruising By Ralph Grizzle I am not your typical river cruiser. While no one...
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Essays
Cruising Solo — A Traveling Man Has Met Many Lifelong Friends on Cruises
Cruising Solo By Theodore W. Scull I married a woman several decades ago who loved travel but had...
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Maritime Vocabulary — Ship Lingo & The Changing Ways of Cruise-Speak
The Evolution of Maritime Vocabulary by Theodore W. Scull The primary excuse for penning this...
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A Pandaw Tribute from Heidi & Ted
Farewell — A Pandaw Tribute By Ted Scull & Heidi Sarna, QuirkyCruise co-founders Dec 17, 2021...
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The Debut of The American Queen in 1995 – A Game Changer
The Debut of The American Queen By Ted Scull. 🎧 Listen to Ted's audio tour of the American...
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Conversations with Sven Lindblad
Conversations with Sven Lindblad By Ben Lyons. In 2005, I was in my mid-twenties, and had been for...
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Blount Small Ship Adventures Bows Out
Blount Small Ship Adventures Bows Out By Theodore W. Scull. Once “The World is Our Oyster”...
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Packing Tips: Colorful Luggage is the Way to Go
Colorful Luggage. By Elise Lentz. I’m going to start this packing tips article by borrowing a line...
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Ted’s First Small-Ship Cruise: Vienna to Yalta via the Danube & Black Sea
Ted's First Small-Ship Cruise By Ted Scull. Heading into my senior year in college, I had one...
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International Cruising — One Yank On Board
International Cruising By Ted Scull. Years ago before I settled down to gainful employment, I...
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It’s a Ship! No, it’s a Boat! — The Ship Vs. Boat Debate
The Ship Vs. Boat Debate By Ted Scull. Does it matter? Some people can get pretty worked up about...
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How to Become a Travel Writer: Ted Tells his Story
How to Become a Travel Writer Quirky’s Heidi Sarna interviews the other quirky, Ted Scull, about...
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Elise & Tim Behind the Scenes at Sea: The Effects of Too Much Mango
Too Much Mango By Elise Lentz. Ever wonder what it would be like to work on cruise ships? Small...
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Ted Talks: The Draw of Charming Older Ships
Charming Older Ships By Ted Scull. When you are young, you might think something old is not cool...
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Photo Essay: A Look at Lindblad Expeditions’ New National Geographic Venture
Lindblad Expeditions’ New National Geographic Venture By John Roberts. Lindblad Expeditions...
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Elise & Tim Behind the Scenes at Sea (Part 10) — Losing a Friend at Sea
Losing a Friend at Sea By Elise Lentz. Ever wonder what it would be like to work on cruise ships?...
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Ted Talks: The Benefits of Sailing on Old Ships
Sailing on Old Ships by Ted Scull. Let’s begin with something land-based. Years ago when I was...
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Ted Talks — It All Started with the Nantucket Steamer
It All Started with the Nantucket Steamer By Ted Scull. Beginning when I was six or seven years of...
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Bill Forsstrom Talks to QuirkyCruise’s Ted Scull about the Steamboat American Queen
Steamboat American Queen. 🎧 Listen to Ted’s audio tour of the American Queen: Ted...
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Small Ship Cruise Captain George Coughlin Talks to QC
By Ted Scull. George Freeman Coughlin has been sailing as a small ship cruise captain for many...
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HEIDI SARNA
I'm up to 78 countries and 110+ cruises worldwide, and it's the small ship journeys that I love writing about most. And so QuirkyCruise.com was born, an excellent research tool for planning your own unforgettable small ship trip.
THEODORE W. SCULLI have traveled between all continents by sea and cruised along three dozen rivers. Ships and travel are in my blood, and so is writing. My journeys have translated into many books and many hundreds of articles.
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