tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1225548 2009-11-03T15:08:02-05:00 Cruise and travel news, reviews and tips from David G. Molyneaux, editor of TheTravelMavens.com TypePad TravelMavenBloghttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83476d41669e20120a6a4f149970c 2009-11-03T15:08:02-05:00 2009-11-03T15:12:02-05:00 David G. Molyneaux As Germans celebrate this next week and the world watches -- 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain -- here are some Internet sources for remembering, with maps, pictures and perspectives. 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Molyneaux If you like to travel and bid for bargains, the annual auction by the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) is a fun two-fer. This year's auction is up, online, with bidding until 10 p.m. MDT on Friday, November 20. 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Molyneaux Efforts to restore and conserve five important natural and historic sites in Virginia, Florida, Texas, Oregon and Maine are honored this year with Phoenix Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). 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Molyneaux News from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean: Passengers on a trans-Atlantic cruise aboard the SeaDream II jumped overboard for a dip last week. The 56-passenger cruise ship, one of two luxury vessels owned by SeaDream Yacht Club, was on a route from Spain to Puerto Rico. 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Molyneaux One of this year’s sleekest new cruise ships stakes its reputation on style and food. Celebrity Equinox, second of five new ships planned by Celebrity Cruises, poses the question: Can a big ship provide service and dining that is equal to a vacation on land? 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