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I thought maybe you’d like to hear a little more about our ship – – the Viking Sea.  So we’ve taken some photos and I’ll spend this post showing and telling a little more about the ship. Viking is know … Continue reading →

We didn’t get to spend nearly enough time in Gdansk but fortunately we did have enough time to take a bus down to Old Town where we took a 3-hour walking tour and it was delightful.  Most fascinating was the … Continue reading →

Although we knew it would not be possible to top Olaf’s Soviet Flashback tour, nevertheless our afternoon walking tour of Tallinn’s Old Town area looked promising. Tallinn has one of Northern Europe’s finest medieval Old Towns. It has cobbled streets … Continue reading →

This morning we arrived in Tallinn, Estonia, about 8 am. to beautiful weather.   And today’s tour in Tallinn, Estonia, was the funnest tour we’ve been on yet. It was entitled Soviet Flashback and we were taken back to the … Continue reading →

Today we got to spend over 3 glorious hours in the Hermitage.  One of the oldest and largest museums in the world, it was founded in 1754 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the pubic since 1852. … Continue reading →

We arrived in St. Petersburg at 7 a.m. to serious overcast.  We had signed up for 2 shore excursions today, one in the morning and one in the evening, thinking we could remain on shore between the two and do … Continue reading →

It’s an overcast day in Helsinki and shelves of black clouds around threaten to rain at any moment. We took the Helsinki city tour and our guide was super, giving us tidbits of interesting information along the way. For starters, … Continue reading →

In addition to being situated on 14 islands, Stockholm is part of the Stockholm Archipelago which contains 24,000 islands.  That’s hard to even imagine.  We left Stockholm at 2:30 and got to glide among hundreds of these beautiful little islands … Continue reading →

So today was our main day in Stockholm.  When we got up this morning, it was raining, and all of those people standing on that high wall behind us were carrying umbrellas! Clearly I forgot to add weather to my … Continue reading →

I feel like one of my Mother’s kindergartners who, when asked if he wanted to share anything for Show and Tell, put his hands in his pockets and rocked back and forth before finally looking down and saying, “I don’t … Continue reading →