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This is blog post #11 from our tour of Europe. On , Wednesday, July 2nd, we were docked at Trondheim, Norway, from 08:00 until 16:00. We had no plans, but our research indicated that walking, we could view the essential city landmarks including Kristiansten Fortress, Nidaros Cathedral, and Old...

This is blog post #10 from our tour of Europe. On Tuesday, July 1st, we were docked at Åndalsnes, Norway, where we rode along the spectacular Golden Train route. The route to and from Åndalsnes, though, also added to today’s 62 photos. This is a complex coast. At 9:25...

This is blog post #9 from our tour of Europe. On Monday, June 30th, we spent the day at sea, sailing towards our first port, Aldalsnes, Norway. I started to write this post to be about both the sea and Aldalsnes days, but decided to make this a short...

This is blog post #8 from our tour of Europe. On Sunday, June 29th, we boarded the Holland America cruise ship Nieuw Statendam and headed north on a 28-day voyage that would take us to Norway, Iceland, and Greenland. Our day began with watching our ship approach, first on...

This is blog post #7 from our tour of Europe. On Saturday, June 28th, we had reservations on the 10:25 high-speed Eurostar train from Paris to Rotterdam, where had one night booked at the Hotel New York. Now that we’ve seen Rotterdam, we’ll be at the Hotel New York...

This is blog post #6 from our tour of Europe. Our final full day in Paris, Friday, June 27th, was a relatively slow day, with a walking tour of the area around our hotel and then a concert in the grandest local church. Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four...

This is blog post #5 from our tour of Europe. After 7.4 km of walking to experience a bit of the Louvre Museum the morning of Thursday, June 26th, we had a walking tour of Île de la Cité, where Paris began, booked for that afternoon. It was a...

The Louvre Museum is overwhelming. Unless you’ve led a very different life than I have, nothing you see or read with prepare you for it. The onslaught of information, the sight of some of the world’s finest and most famous works of art, is an experience I can’t yet...

Wednesday, June 25th, was our intensive Paris touring day. I shot 182 photos, and when the temperature peaked at 38C/100F, we were still on the HoHo bus. We got to the top of the Eiffel Tower, got to the top of the Arc de Triomphe, etc, etc. Here’s a...

Monday and Tuesday, June 23rd and 24th, were our big travel days – 7 hours from Vancouver to Iceland, where we had a tight connection to a 3-hour flight to Paris. Both flights were with Icelandair, in a 2021 Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration TF-ICR. Some people find spreadsheets useful...