Stockholm, Day Two, Skyview
30. April 2025 in Schweden ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
At 9:30am this morning we took an excursion to the Stockholm Skyview, where we entered a small glass sphere, were hoisted to the summit of the giant arena sphere and then rotated about the top seeingWeiterlesen
Two Sea Days
1.–2. Mai 2025, Baltic Sea ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
Day One at sea: Men's Breakfast, bingo, and trivia. We avoided formal night by taking dinner at the poolside Grill Restaurant.
Day Two, we are sailing by Copenhagen (again) on the way to Oslo,Weiterlesen
Oslo, Norway, Day One, Part 1
3.–4. Mai 2025 in Norwegen ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
We arrived in port about 8am. Our busy day begins with a bus ride around the modern city, which was founded approximately 1,000 years ago by the Vikings. We will then visit the National Museum.
Oslo, Day One, National Museum
3. Mai 2025 in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Our excursion this morning is highlighted by an excursion to the National Museum.
Among many extraordinary masterpieces, mainly by Northern European masters we observed a magnificent copy of DaVinciWeiterlesen
Oslo, Day One, Part 3
3. Mai 2025 in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
This afternoon, upon returning from the morning's excursion, we stayed near the ship, visited the (glass) Opera House, took a ferris wheel ride, and had a burger dinner out.
Oslo, Day Two
4. Mai 2025 in Norwegen ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
A morning at the beautiful, inspirational Vigeland Sculpture Park; later we visited the famous Holmenkollen Ski Museum in the nearby hills.
Oslo, Day Two, Part 2
4. Mai 2025 in Norwegen ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
Our final day in awesome Oslo, we took the "Best of Oslo" excursion.
One of our visits included the Norwegian Folk Museum's building collection - open air museum - situated in a beautiful forest,Weiterlesen
Oslo, Day Two, Part 2
4. Mai 2025 in Norwegen ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
We took a 30-minute walk from the ship to the Historical Museum, just around the corner from the Royal Palace. We found three floors of wonderful artifacts. The 3rd floor (my favorite) was dedicatedWeiterlesen
Sea Day
5. Mai 2025, North Sea ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
We had a relaxing day at sea, punctuated by enjoying a fun juggling & comedy show by Danny Buckler.
Bergen, Norway
6. Mai 2025 in Norwegen ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
This morning, we took a Bergen Highlights excursion, highlighted by our visit to another beautiful stave church.
Sea Day
7. Mai 2025, Norwegian Sea ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Today, we are sailing to the Faroe Islands, Torshavn. We enjoyed a wonderful, restful day!
Torshavn, Faroe Islands, Denmark
8. Mai 2025 in Färöer ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
We arrived at the North Atlantic Oceans' 18-island group at 8am and promptly joined our excursion. The Faroe Islands are located between Scotland and Iceland.
Only about 20,000 population, beautifulWeiterlesen
Torshavn, Part 2
8. Mai 2025 in Färöer ⋅ 🌬 50 °F
This afternoon, we took a wider ranging coach tour to a couple of small villages to take in the the island's natural beauty, see their home-grown sheep, visit Viking ruins, and see a village LutheranWeiterlesen
Sea Day
9. Mai 2025, Norwegian Sea ⋅ 🌬 41 °F
Akureyri, Iceland
10. Mai 2025 in Island ⋅ 🌬 39 °F
Akureyri is Iceland's Capital of the North lying a mere 60 miles from the Artic Circle. We discovered a land of long fijords, roaring waterfalls, and soaring volcanoes.
Today, we took a fairly longWeiterlesen
Akureyri, Part 2
10. Mai 2025 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 34 °F
The second part our excursion included a visit to the Dimmiborgair lava fields.
The landscape of Iceland is powerful!
Isafjordur, Iceland
11. Mai 2025 in Island ⋅ ☀️ 34 °F
Isafjordur is located on a little peninsula that rolls out into the scenic fjord waters of theSkutulsfjorour. Population of 2,600. Just quaint and beautiful, waterfalls, fjord and mountains. A veryWeiterlesen
Reykjavik, Iceland
12.–13. Mai 2025 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
Today, we took the Blue Lagoon excursion. It felt so good to be in the huge, hot mineral pool with our cruise buddies!
Reykjavik, Day Two
13. Mai 2025 in Island ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
Today, we are doing the Golden Circle Tour. We enjoyed a trifecta of the America/Eurasia tectonic plates/Rift Valley, geysers, and huge water fall.
Three Sea Days
14.–16. Mai 2025, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 46 °F
Ahhh... a few days of rest. The Captain elected to avoid our next scheduled port (big waves preventing tendering) and continued on to Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Along the way to Nuuk, we wereWeiterlesen
Nuuk, Greenland
17.–18. Mai 2025 in Grönland ⋅ 🌬 41 °F
Nuuk (population 20,000), is the capital of Greenland (population 50,000).
We took the shuttle into town and shopped at the only shopping mall in the country, the Nuuk Shopping Center. Snow wasWeiterlesen
Nuuk, Day Two
18. Mai 2025 in Grönland ⋅ ☀️ 36 °F
On our second day in Nuuk, we took the "Highlights of Nuuk" excursion. Enjoyable and short...Nuuk is one of the world's smallest capital cities, with a population of just 17,000 people.
Two Sea Days
19.–20. Mai 2025, Labrador Sea ⋅ 🌬 39 °F
Day 1: Today we took a cooking class! Tonight is a special Indian Dinner with Ravi, Kala, Faye, Joe, Tim, John, Sandy etc.
Day 2: On our way to the "foggiest and windiest" city in Canada, St.Weiterlesen
St. John's, New Foundland, Canada
21.–22. Mai 2025 in Kanada ⋅ 🌬 39 °F
We sailed into St. John's at about 12:30pm. We have a 2pm excursion, "Signal Hill & St. John's Highlights."
St. John's, Day Two
22. Mai 2025 in Kanada ⋅ 🌬 37 °F
Today, we joined the geology tour, spending about one and a half hours walking through the geology museum dedicated to the study of local geology; later, just up the road, we revisited SignalWeiterlesen