Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Bahamas, Uncategorized, Zuiderdam on Nov 15th, 2018
Today, we anchored (well, ok, technically we didn’t “anchor” — we just held our position with azipods) off the coast of Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, which is HAL’s private island destination. We’d stopped here before. It’s a pretty nice facility with white sand beaches and plenty of amenities ashore. Given that it was […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 23rd, 2017
We flew back to London today (more on that later). Since our flight wasn’t until 6:15, we spent the morning and afternoon checking out other sights in Copenhagen, focusing on Rosenberg Castle after having a wonderful breakfast of coffee and pastries. This was built by one of Denmark’s most popular and (initially anyway) successful kings, […]
Posted in Germany, Getaway, Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2017
We docked in Warnemunde, Germany a little after 5am this morning for our shortened port of call. We spent a happy morning and lunch in this seaside village. It’s really a very charming place. We strolled about the city, took in the canals and beachfront, and also tried to enjoy as much as Germany has […]
Posted in Europe, Getaway, Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2017
This morning we were awakened by an announcement from the captain that our arrival in Germany was delayed (likely for many hours) due to poor weather conditions (high winds, specifically) in the channel. That means that the day has largely turned into an unscheduled “fun day at sea” or as I like to call it, […]
Posted in Denmark, Getaway, Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2017
We awoke to partly cloudy skies and a stiff breeze. Since we had time before needing to head to the ship, we went out for breakfast and walked about the city. We strolled the Stroget from City Hall to the Nyhavn, which had Copenhagen’s most iconic city views of sailing ships moored along a colorful […]