Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
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:
Today started at 3:30am, giving me a grand total of two hours sleep. We departed the Allen House by 4:30 using the arranged car service. For 50 pounds, we had hassle-free, door-to-door service. Gatwick tends to be more cost prohibitive, but I’ll only do car service to/from Heathrow going forward. It’s about the same cost […]
We awoke to a rainy morning in London. Given the weather and our early flight to Oslo tomorrow, we didn’t do too much today away from the Allen House. We spent the morning playing and packing. This was followed by Emerson’s nap and then lunch. Libby went out to the bookstore for a bit in […]