The author, Milton R. Benjamin, has traveled the world during a lifetime as a journalist, including two decades as a foreign correspondent, editor and newspaper executive with The Washington Post. Together with his wife, Tina, the Benjamins have taken more than 140 cruises on all major cruise lines. Twenty-five of these cruises have been on the luxury ships of Crystal, Seabourn, Silversea, Regent, and Cunard in Queen’s Grill. In their travels, the Benjamins have visited all seven continents and more than 130 countries. They now live in Vero Beach, Florida.