Stockholm, Day Two, Skyview
April 30, 2025 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 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 seeingRead more
Two Sea Days
May 1–2, 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,Read more
Oslo, Norway, Day One, Part 1
May 3–4, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 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
May 3, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 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 DaVinciRead more
Oslo, Day One, Part 3
May 3, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 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
May 4, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 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
May 4, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 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,Read more
Oslo, Day Two, Part 2
May 4, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 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 dedicatedRead more
Sea Day
May 5, 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
May 6, 2025 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
This morning, we took a Bergen Highlights excursion, highlighted by our visit to another beautiful stave church.
Sea Day
May 7, 2025, Norwegian Sea ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Today, we are sailing to the Faroe Islands, Torshavn. We enjoyed a wonderful, restful day!
Torshavn, Faroe Islands, Denmark
May 8, 2025 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ☁️ 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, beautifulRead more
Torshavn, Part 2
May 8, 2025 in Faroe Islands ⋅ 🌬 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 LutheranRead more
Sea Day
May 9, 2025, Norwegian Sea ⋅ 🌬 41 °F
Akureyri, Iceland
May 10, 2025 in Iceland ⋅ 🌬 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 longRead more
Akureyri, Part 2
May 10, 2025 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 34 °F
The second part our excursion included a visit to the Dimmiborgair lava fields.
The landscape of Iceland is powerful!
Isafjordur, Iceland
May 11, 2025 in Iceland ⋅ ☀️ 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 veryRead more
Reykjavik, Iceland
May 12–13, 2025 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 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
May 13, 2025 in Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 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
May 14–16, 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 wereRead more
Nuuk, Greenland
May 17–18, 2025 in Greenland ⋅ 🌬 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 wasRead more
Nuuk, Day Two
May 18, 2025 in Greenland ⋅ ☀️ 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
May 19–20, 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.Read more
St. John's, New Foundland, Canada
May 21–22, 2025 in Canada ⋅ 🌬 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
May 22, 2025 in Canada ⋅ 🌬 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 SignalRead more