Category: Cruises

This is blog post #16 from our tour of northern Europe. At 10 pm on Wednesday, July 9th, we docked at the Akureyri cruise ship dock that was built in 2019 to encourage more visits. We had been scheduled to arrive at 08:00 on July 10th, but we were...

This is blog post #15 from our tour of Europe. On Monday and Tuesday, July 7th and 8th, we were at sea on our way to Iceland. On Wednesday, July 9th, we tendered ashore at Húsavik and took an all-day bus tour called the Diamond Circle, “a magnificent circuit...

This is blog post #14 from our tour of Europe. On Sunday, July 6th, we cruised through spectacular fjords to and from Alta, and visited the UNESCO-listed prehistoric rock art site near Alta. My day began early as always – the first photo was shot at 04:25 ater I...

This is blog post #13 from our tour of Europe. On Saturday, July 5th, we were docked at Hammerfest, Norway, from 08:00 until 23:00. We had no plans, but I ended up having a very busy day with some excellent hiking. Located at 70.4° North Latitude, Hammerfest has a...

This is now Day 16 of our 38-day tour of Europe, and this is blog post #12 from it. On Thursday, July 3rd, we crossed the Arctic Circle as we spent the day at sea sailing north, then on July 4th we docked at Honningsvag and took a bus...

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 #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...

When we left Whitehorse, the weather forecasts for our entire cruise were calling for clods and showers or just plain rain, so I didn’t have high hopes for this day. But instead we got the most perfect weather I’ve ever had at Glacier Bay, and as a result there...

Cathy and I are flying to Vancouver on Saturday to board the cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam for a 7-night cruise to Whittier, Alaska. So now that the dust has settled from Cathy’s retirement, I’m thinking a lot about cruising – not just the upcoming one, but some of the...