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Day 4
July 7th Bay of Fundy By the time I woke up we were already in Halifax, there was no doubt about it. We headed to the Westin Hotel to the car rental desk. When we had rented a car in Halifax previously the rental office was right near the pier, but the hotel is only…
Day 4
July 6th, 2026 At Sea Finally a sea day. When I looked out of the balcony it was quite overcast and difficult to identify where the horizon was, it was all a light blue blur. However, later on there was an actual demarcation on the horizon, but the sun never shone,…
Day 3
July 5th, 2026 Newport, RI Last night when we got to our stateroom there were Cunard tote bags waiting for us. A lovely reminder of the day. It was only when I turned them over this morning that I saw how special they were. A great souvenir of an incredible day. Well,…
Day 2
July 4th, 2026 New York Today is the day! At 6:00 AM we left Brooklyn and moved to the Hudson River to position ourselves to watch the tall Ships parade. We weren’t the only ship on the move, the US navy aircraft carrier, the Nimitz, was also on the move and…
Day 1
July 3rd, 2026 New York It was a HOT day in New York. We got up early so we could visit the nearest CVS pharmacy to purchase items that had somehow been missed getting packed a few days ago. I love the food from New York food trucks, but it was too early for hot dogs,…
Prologue
Since returning from our great Danube cruise last summer, we have had the joy of sailing on 5 Seabourn cruises – 2 in New England and Canada, 2 in French Polynesia, and one repositioning from Barcelona to Puerto Rico. They were all really wonderful, but something was…
Viking Gullvieg Day 8
London July 26th, 2025 It seems like we had just gone to bed, and then it was time to wake up and get ready for our taxi at 4:45. It was already feeling strange that we didn’t have any arrangements to meet up with our family for breakfast. They would have to eat…
Viking Gullvieg Day 7
Budapest, Hungary July 25th, 2025 Kane had said that we should all be up bright and early not to miss the beauty of us sailing in to Budapest. We must have been in a hurry as we sped past an Amawaterways ship. At first it just looked like we were sailing through…
Viking Gullvieg Day 6
Bratislava, Slovakia July 24th, 2025 We had stayed overnight in Vienna. The rest of the family had decided to spend another day sightseeing in Vienna, while Brian and I decided it was time to experience a new country, so off we went to Bratislava, in Slovakia. Our…
Viking Gullvieg Day 5
Vienna, Austria July 23rd, 2025 Our first full day in Vienna. I must say, the weather didn’t look too great from our cabin when we went to breakfast. Our tour today was “Panoramic Vienna” a combination on sightseeing by coach and a walking tour. I do prefer just doing…
Viking Gullweig Day 4
Wachau Valley July 22nd, 2025 There was the great green Danube outside our window this morning. Yay! No other boat was alongside. That was probably because we were sailing down river for a scenic cruise through the Wachau Valley. We were due to arrive in Melk, the…
Viking Gullvieg Day 3
Passau, Germany July 21st, 2025 When I looked out of our cabin this morning I thought I was looking at a mirror. I was looking straight at our cabin. All very weird. Then I remembered from our Rhine cruise that sometimes the boats have to tie up alongside if there…
