Versailles, The Special Dinner
14. April 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
The dinner was an epic and unforgettable dream of my life!
Paris, Day Three
15. April 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
From Versailles, we took a 45-minute coach to Paris for a few hours to see the sights, visit the Musée d'Orsay Museum, and then return to the Silver Dawn.
...Well, the lines to purchase tickets toWeiterlesen
Sea Day
16. April 2025, North Sea ⋅ 🌬 50 °F
Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
17.–18. Apr. 2025 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
We have two events today:
The first is the "Windmills and Edam" excursion to visit windmills & shops in a local tourist stop named De Zaanse Schans. Then off to Edam, a small historic berg known forWeiterlesen
Amsterdam, Day One, Part 2
17. April 2025 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
This afternoon, we took a stroll into downtown Amsterdam. Early evening, we took a two hour excursion in the canals and saw a few of the some 1,500 bridges
Amsterdam, Day Two
18. April 2025 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
This morning, we visited the Rijksmuseum, home of many Dutch Golden Age artists and their masterpieces. What a beautiful museum.
Amsterdam, Day Two, Part 2
18. April 2025 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
More from the Rijksmuseum.
Amsterdam, Day Two, Part 3, Tulips!
18. April 2025 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Let the pictures speak for themselves!
Keukenhof is the world's largest spring flower garden, showcasing millions of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and other spring-flowering bulbs.
It serves as anWeiterlesen
Day Two, Part 3b, More Tulips!
18. April 2025 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Sea Day
19. April 2025, North Sea ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
Hamburg, Lubeck, Germany
20.–21. Apr. 2025 in Deutschland ⋅ ⛅ 45 °F
Our 9:30am excursion to Lubeck... the Queen City of the Hanseatic League (1600 to 1900) began with a drive through Hamburg's Red Light District, where we saw the most popular ATM dispenser in theWeiterlesen
Lubeck - Hospital of the Holy Spirit
20. April 2025 in Deutschland ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Today's excursion began at the Hospital of the Holy Spirit. The building was completed in 1286 and is one of the oldest social institutions still in existence in the world.
After visiting theWeiterlesen
Hamburg, Day Two, Bergen-Belsen Memorial
21. April 2025 in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Today, we are off on a pilgrimage to Bergen-Belsen Memorial Nazi concentration camp where some 70,000 prisoners lost their lives, including Anne Frank. The grim toll included 30,000 Jews, 20,000Weiterlesen
Sea Day
22. April 2025 in Dänemark ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Last night"s comedian was Darrell Joyce. Funny!
Copenhagen, Denmark, Day One
23.–24. Apr. 2025 in Dänemark ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
This morning, we took the "Royal Treasures, Castle & City" excursion.
Copenhaven, Day One, Part 2
23. April 2025 in Dänemark ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Today we took an excursion to the Rosenborg Castle.
This Renaissance castle was built by King Christian IV in the early 17th century and served as a royal residence until around 1710.
The castleWeiterlesen
Copenhagen, Day One, Part 3
23. April 2025 in Dänemark ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Here are more pictures taken inside the Rosenborg Castle, including the crown jewels
Copenhagen, Day One, Part 4
23. April 2025 in Dänemark ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Late in the day, we took a relaxing excursion through the harbor waterways where we saw a variety of historic buildings & locations.
Copenhagen, Day Two
24. April 2025 in Dänemark ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Our excursion today was "Wonderful Copenhagen & Tivoli."
We started the tour by visiting St Alban's, the "only Anglican church" in Denmark. We looked about the church grounds for 30 minutes and thenWeiterlesen
Sea Day
25. April 2025, Baltic Sea ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
Helsinki, Finland
26. April 2025 in Finnland ⋅ ⛅ 36 °F
Today, our 9:30am Helsinki/Porvoo excursion was a little on the cold side...32 degrees, so we bundled up in our puffers, and upon arriving in Porvoo we walked a few streets. We saw the oldestWeiterlesen
Tallinn, Estonia
27.–28. Apr. 2025 in Estland ⋅ ☀️ 37 °F
We are in Tallinn, just across the narrowest part of the Baltic Sea from Helsinki.
Today, we are doing a coach/walking tour!
Tallinn, Day Two
28. April 2025 in Estland ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
Our second day began with a walking excursion ending in a presentation at Raeapleet, the earliest and still working pharmacy in Europe; approximately 600 years old.
Stockholm, Sweden
29.–30. Apr. 2025 in Schweden ⋅ 🌙 50 °F
This morning, we took the "Abba Museum & City Drive" excursion. All things Abba...happy music!
The city is majestic, clean, and pretty well-to-do.
Stockholm Day One, Part 2
29. April 2025 in Schweden ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Yes! Another special event - A Night With ABBA - for world cruise travelers! Silversea provided a beautiful dinner and entertainment event which featured ABBA entertainers flown in from Oslo.
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