Xtreme Vogue London Desk: Judith Benjamin
Milwaukee is not the most glamorous place to begin a cruise. It’s an unpretentious, mid-size, blue-collar city lying on the west bank of Lake Michigan, some 100 miles north of Chicago.
But as a jumping-off point to explore North America’s Great Lakes, it’s just about perfect.
Our ship, the Viking Octantis, is waiting for us next morning at the city’s airport. This once-bustling hub serving America’s Rust Belt is now a slightly lonely place surrounded by freeways and the huge mounds of salt that keep the roads open in the harsh Lakes winter.
