Assignments 2024

My Assignments in 2024 Here is an overview of my ship assignments for the beginning of this year in Portugal. The second half of the season I will be a jumper and do not know now where Viking and my destiny will bring me. Surprise, surprise! 😉 I will finish the season with some Christmas cruises on […]

Blues with Greg

PRISON BLUES http://vimeo.com/868725165 Premiere and Derniere at the same time. Greg was a guest who entertained us at night. Last night onboard the Viking Kari in September 2023, we sang this song for guests and crew. Not perfect but lots of fun!!!

Joe

JOE I’d like to share another very moving story from the very same cruise. The father of Joe Miller fought on Omaha Beach and in Normandy and survived. After he passed away, his son and his wife came to see the site where his dad and thousands of men had arrived on D-Day. Joe took […]

Dolly

DOLLY I met Dolly in September 2023 on the Viking Kari sailing from Paris to Normandy. She was onboard with many of her family members. She is 93 years old and had never travelled to Europe before. Her brother was wounded during the landing on Omaha Beach June 6, 1944. He died in a hospital […]

Les Gitans

LES GITANS ROCK IT Every week on the Viking Heimdal we have this outstanding trio onboard our ship in Southern France. Nathalie, Pedro and Tony are from Arles and perform music of Gipsy Kings. As a matter of fact, Tony is a former member of this group. One day I asked if I might join […]

Assignments 2023

My Assignments in 2023 Here is an overview of my ship assignments this year. I would be very happy to see any of you on one of these cruises! click here

Assignments 2022

My Assignments in 2022 Here is an overview of my assigned itineraries and ships this year. I would be very happy to see any of you again on one of these cruises! click here

Pierre in Arles

Pierre in Arles Say hello to my friend Pierre from Arles while he explains about the French beret. 

Life on board

LIFE ON BOARD SHIPS This is a great statement about life on board ships by Yuliana from Ukraine. Isn’t it heart warming!

Eleni & Franziska

ELENI GROSZER Let me introduce you to my wife and her wonderful art. More details can be found on her website:  My love painter – artist www.elenigroszer.com FRANZISKA GROSZER My mother is a writer, publicist and artist, and I am her biggest fan. Find out more about her here: my mum author www.franziskagroszer.de

Norway

When I was working in the GOP Variety Theatre in Essen, Germany in 1996, Director Andrej Belinskiy and I quickly became friends. Afterwards we kept in touch, and when my wife and I were married in Rome three years later, Andrej and his future husband Rainer Koch were our best men. Later Andrej became the cruise director on a ship, the Mona Lisa, and in 2009 asked me to perform onboard. Instead of paying me money, he invited me (along with my wife and two children) to join the cruise and its excursions without charge. We embarked in the German port of Kiel and had a great time visiting Norway—Nordcap, Bergen, Svalbard, and the awe-inspiring fjords. Impressed and inspired by Andrej’s outstanding job being the face and voice of the ship, I began to think about the future possibility of doing something similar myself. He helped me get in contact with Nicko Tours, a German tour operator, and in 2011 I started working for this company as a freelance cruise director on European rivers.’

Norway