Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Sweden on Jun 20th, 2017
Today, we docked in Nynäshamn — a port about an hour (driving) south of Stockholm, which was an annoying change announced by NCL a little more than a month ago. In any case, we departed the ship (two mornings early) around 9am after the majority of passengers had left for the day. To get to […]
This morning we awoke to cloudy but thankfully not rainy skies in Helsinki, Finland. When we visited Helsinki six years ago, it was pretty much a complete washout –tremendous rain hampered our ability to do and see much of anything. Today was markedly better. We took the shuttle bus from the port to downtown by […]
Today, we visited the Hermitage, which is without question known as one of the finest museums in the world. Since our tour only started around noon, we had a leisurely morning aboard Getaway. Emerson was especially pleased to play mini golf with the course all to ourselves: En route to the museum, we witnessed the […]
We’re back in Russia. Like the rest of northern Europe, we last visited St. Petersburg for a single day six years ago when Emerson was only a little more than a year old. Due to Russian visa requirements, it’s generally easiest to do a shore execursion arranged by the cruise line. So, we did a […]
We spent a pleasant day sailing to St. Petersburg, Russia. As we’re not too into ship-based activities, I don’t have a lot to report. Emerson spent some time in the kids’ club, and Libby and I relaxed by reading in our cabin. One highlight — for lunch, we tried the Margaritaville at Sea, which brings […]