Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Latvia, Vision of the Seas on Jul 12th, 2011
We arrived in Riga to cloudy skies, light rain, and blustery winds. After breakfast in the (again) overcrowded Windjammer, we departed to explore this Baltic capital on the banks of the Daugava River. Yesterday, Libby said that Copenhagen reminded her of Vienna; if so, Riga is more like Prague or Budapest—comparing with them very favorably. […]
Posted in Vision of the Seas on Jul 12th, 2011
Note: this post was delayed due to Internet connectivity problems yesterday. Having set our clocks ahead last night, Emerson and Libby awoke a little later this morning. Fortunately, we avoided the main breakfast rush in the Windjammer Cafe. Following breakfast, we went to see the future cruise consultant to book our Dubai (03/12) and Western […]
Posted in Denmark, Vision of the Seas on Jul 10th, 2011
Breakfast (mostly for Emerson) arrived at our cabin this morning at 7:30am. This seemed like a good idea because we wanted to get an early start, but we learned it’s harder to feed Emerson in the cabin (too little space, yet too much potential freedom for her). We arrived in Copenhagen on time, around 9:00. […]
Posted in Norway, Uncategorized, Vision of the Seas on Jul 9th, 2011
As mentioned earlier, we’d planned to walk to the ship in order to “see more of Oslo.” Mission accomplished! Boy, was it ever… As planned, we retraced our steps from yesterday up to the point of the National Theatre. Once there, we turned left and headed down to the 1930s era City Hall (Radhuset) by […]
Posted in Norway, Vision of the Seas on Jul 9th, 2011
We started the morning with breakfast and espresso (from our room’s Nespresso machine). Right now, we’re getting ready to leave for the ship. We’ll walk there, despite a bit of distance and having to schlep luggage, in order to see more of the city. Here’s a view from our hotel of Vision at the dock: