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April 28, 2023 Today we visit  a new country on our journey, Scotland. We anchored in the bay at Portree on the island of Skye. Skyye has a population of 13000 , where almost 2500 live in the capital of Portree. The island is very rugged with rolling hills and is  mainly used for grazingContinue reading “Portree, Skye, Scotland”

April 26, 2023 This morning we sailed into Bergen Norway, The second largest City in Norway. it is an international center for aqua culture and it is also the center for the offshore petroleum industry. It is one of the main stops for cruise ships in Europe with over 300 calls a year.  For todayContinue reading “Bergen, Norway”

April, 25, 2023 After been in the sickbay (my cabin) for 2 days with a bad cold, today was the day to set foot on shore again. We woke up on the end of a fjord in a small town called Eidfjord. It was a very picturesque town with mainly white colored houses spread outContinue reading “Eidfjord, Norway”

April 22, 2023 After a scenic Voyage this morning,we arrived in Oslo the Capital of Norway. I didn’t sleep very well last night and developed a nasty head cold and decided to stay in my room today. As we are docked very close to the City, Carol decided to venture out on her own. BelowContinue reading “Oslo, Norway”

April 21, 2023 We arrived at Copenhagen around 7 AM. This morning I was up early and managed to see the sunrise over Sweden. I didn’t realize that Denmark and Sweden are located so close together, just a narrow strip of water in between. We had a shore excursion booked for 1 PM. First weContinue reading “Copenhagen, Denmark”

April 18, 19, 2023 Amsterdam, Day 1 I woke up this morning when we were already cruising through the North Sea Canal between IJmuiden and Amsterdam. I rushed upstairs to the Lido dining room to witness this. it was interesting to be so high on the water of the canal compared to the land behindContinue reading “Amsterdam, Netherlands”

April 17, 2023 We arrived early this morning in Zeebrugge. this is the second largest seaport in Belgian after Antwerpen. For today we had booked a tour to Brugge about 30 min down the road.We boarded the bus at 9:00 AM on our way to Brugge. We got off the bus on the outside ofContinue reading “Zeebrugge, Belgium”

April 15, 2023 Yesterday we were informed of a port change, Le Havre in France was subject to a port strike, so the decision was made to give this port a miss. Instead we were going to Dover tomorrow. Today’s stop is Portland in the UK. We arrived yesterday afternoon in front of the harbour,Continue reading “Portland, UK”

April 12, 2023 We sailed into “A Coruna” around 7:30 this morning. It was barely daylight, so we decided to take our time with breakfast. We didn’t book any tours for today, but decided to walk into the town. The ship was anchored only 400 meters from the old town. Coruna is known for itsContinue reading “A Coruna, Spain”

April 10, 2023 Around 10:00 this morning we arrived in Lisbon. It was quite scenic sailing towards the port on the Tagus river. Lisbon is the Capital of Portugal which has a population of 11million.Lisbon has a population of 600,000 and the total for the metropolitan area is nearly 3 million. Lisbon is after AthensContinue reading “Lisbon, Portugal”