Updated Travel Plans for 2026 - December 2025

Once again, we have a fairly busy travel schedule for the upcoming year. Where will we be traveling in 2026? Here is a brief summary.

Planned Elbe River Destinations

Elbe River

This trip starts in Berlin and will take us on a river journey along the Elbe River. We'll end this trip in Czech Republic. The last river trip we took was during our visit to the Christmas Markets in 2024. During that trip, we traveled on the Rhine and visited Germany and France cities and villages.  One great thing is that the weather should be much warmer than winter in Europe.

Southern Mediterranean

We've traveled in the Mediterranean on several cruise lines but never in the south or Northern Africa region. This time, we'll visit Tunisia, Algiers, and Morocco. We're looking forward to exploring the ports that will be new to us. 

New York City 

Our last trip into New York City was in 2018. On this very short 2026 trip, we have tickets to see Sting singing in the third adaptation of his "The Last Ship." We saw the first adaptation of this musical in New York in 2014. 

We also have tickets for “Maybe Happy Ending.” This show was nominated for ten 2025 Tony Awards in 2025 and won in six categories, including Best Musical.  

Source: MaybeHappyEnding.com

We're looking forward to dining at a few of our favorite theater district restaurants.

Eclipse Cruise

We have a longer ocean cruise that is a round-trip from the East coast of the US. The itinerary includes Greenland, Iceland, The Netherlands, Newfoundland, Norway, Nova Scotia, and UK. Mid-trip, the ship will stop and, hopefully, clear skies will prevail so that we can view a full eclipse. We'll be bringing our eclipse viewing glasses as well as a wide range of clothes for the different temperatures we'll experience. 

San Francisco Presidio 

This three day trip has become almost an annual summer activity. We enjoy hiking on the expansive Presidio grounds and having a meal in downtown San Francisco. This year, we've scheduled our visit so that we can view a couple of museum exhibits, as well. A well-timed summer visit also means escaping the very warm temperatures of the Central Valley for the cooler San Francisco Bay Area.

What Lies Beyond 2026?

Surprisingly, we have already reserved three 2027 international trips. These focus on Brazil, Scandinavia, and a trans-Pacific cruise.  In 2028, we plan to sail on a Southeast Asia cruise in the spring and perhaps arrange a South Korea and Japan land visit to view the fall colors.