On Our Way
9月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
We went to DCA last night to pick up a rental car. Interestingly, it costs less to rent a car for drop-off at Dulles than to take a ride-share or taxi. I reserved a compact, realizing it would be aもっと詳しく
London-Arrival Day
9月24日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Our landing was the smoothest I recall. I think our Captain must have been Navy. Enough of the "Lady Driver" jokes!
Immigration was so quick- scan the passport and that was that. We collected ourもっと詳しく
London+ Greenwich
9月25日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We had a nice breakfast in the hotel. Then back to the room to get sorted out for our trip to Greenwich. It was a short walk to the Bond Street station, past Marks & Spencer and Selfridge's. Theもっと詳しく
Cotswolds
9月26日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We had an early morning - breakfast then took an Uber to our day- trip meeting spot for The Cotswolds.
We met our guide, Rob, and off we went for our visits to 4 towns.
Burford was the first. Iもっと詳しく
London to Southampton
9月27日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We bade farewell to the lovely staff at Doubletree Marble Arch, and took a taxi to Waterloo Station. We got to see the sites again .. and noticed the fierce pokie-y fence topper on top of theもっと詳しく
A Laid-back Day in Southampton
9月28日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We slept late, and had the hotel breakfast. On the advice of a couple we met last night, we walked over to the restaurant and bought a bus day pass- £9 to cover both of us.
The 17 bus goes throughもっと詳しく
All Aboard
9月29日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Breakfast in the hotel dining area- I had the other half of my "tea cake" from yesterday. I asked for my icepack, which I asked to go in the freezer last night. Apparently they put it in the fridgeもっと詳しく
Sea Day- Meet & Greet
9月30日, North Sea ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Got a love a Sea Day. We had the Meet & Greet this morning in Le Bistro - met with some of the officers, and a lot of nice people.
We had Mixology at SpiceH2O. Fun- they've reduced it to 4 tastesもっと詳しく
Gothenburg - Haga
10月1日, スウェーデン ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Grabbed a bite at the Garden Cafe, and went back to the room to watch the docking. Our excursion is at 1:15, so went down to Bliss for a sit before a chicken salad sandwich at O'Sheehans.
We met ourもっと詳しく
Another Sea Day
10月2日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
We had a laid back Sea Day - lunch in Versailles. We sat by the aft windows. The last time I had that view, we were being towed to Melbourne.
The Latitudes reception was a nice get-together, and weもっと詳しく
Stockholm
10月3日, スウェーデン ⋅ 🌙 5 °C
We had a great day in Stockholm. We docked in Nynäshamn, and boarded our bus. Our tour guide did a good job of explaining the development of Stockholm, and the Maritime history.
We went to the Vasaもっと詳しく
Tallinn, Estonia
10月4日, エストニア ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
After a brief breakfast, we headed to the Stardust for our excursions. Wayne did a Medieval Estonia tour, while my choice was Jewish Heritage of Tallinn.
Our group was fairly small. The tour guideもっと詳しく
Sea Day #3
10月6日, Baltic Sea ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
It was a good day, but not much to document.
We had breakfast with a very nice young lady and her Mom from near Windsor, and Pat and Arty who we had dinner with last night.
We were supposed to goもっと詳しく
Copenhagen
10月7日, デンマーク ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
🎼🎵🎶Beautiful, Beautiful Copenhagen🎶🎵
I first learned about Copenhagen as a kid while reading The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Little Mermaid.
Our excursion was veryもっと詳しく
Sea Day #4
10月8日, Skagerrak ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
I always love a Sea Day. I went to the Ginza restaurant where we can sit and read or whatever. I had some charting to work on, so I settled in and got a project finished.
We had dinner at Le Bistro.もっと詳しく
Ijmuiden -Amsterdam
10月9日, オランダ ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
These are not the windmills you are looking for...
We docked in Ijmuiden, which is about an hour's drive from Amsterdam.
I did another Jewish Cultural tour. I am very interested in Judaism, as itもっと詳しく
Southampton - Turnaround Day
10月10日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Alarm went off at 6:15. We had our belongings packed up last night, so not too much to do this morning. We had to be out of the room by 7 am. We went down to the Atrium, and there weren't many peopleもっと詳しく
Sea Day #2/1
10月11日, North Sea ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
This morning we had our Meet & Greet for this cruise. We had a good showing, and lots of good tips were exchanged - not the least of which was my advice on how to open the butter packets.
Theもっと詳しく
Stavanger, Norway
10月12日, ノルウェー ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We took the Hop-on-Hop-Off bus around Stavanger. It's a beautiful town, with vistas and peaked houses, and charm all over.
We decided to take a second run, sitting on the opposite side of theもっと詳しく
Ålesund, Norway
10月13日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
We had a late arrival, so took the opportunity to sleep in. I peeked through the curtain, and saw that at least the starboard side looked like fjord- high sheer mountain. So we went to the Garden Cafeもっと詳しく
Sea Day #2/2
10月14日, Norwegian Sea ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Another lazy Sea Day. I spent some time at the Ginza restaurant where we can hang out during the day. I worked on charting a prayer verse for the Nelly's sampler pattern.
I spoke with a man who sawもっと詳しく
Tromsø
10月15日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
What a rainy day. We had scheduled a 3-hour walking tour, but I misread the meeting point info. And since it was pouring out, I let them know that we wouldn't be joining.
We sat in the Atrium andもっと詳しく
Alta--oops, Fjord Day-Sea Day #2/3
10月16日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌧 3 °C
We woke up to a blustery day. The water looked a bit choppy, and I thought, "hmmm- gonna be interesting on the tender. We planned to take a tender, then a shuttle to the town. Upstairs at breakfast,もっと詳しく
Intentional Sea Day #2-3 (4)
10月17日, Norwegian Sea ⋅ 🌬 7 °C
Spent time in Ginza, working on the pattern, and finished it! I had a nice view of Norway's coast.
After lunch we rested, and then had dinner at Le Bistro.
At about 10:30 we headed topside in hopesもっと詳しく
Kristiansund, Norway
10月18日, ノルウェー ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
What a gem! This is a beautiful town with lots of interesting parks, statues, churches, shopping of all types, and lovely cafes. And all this on a Saturday when most everything is closed.
Theもっと詳しく


























































































































































































































