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Jun 2018 26

DAY 8

England, Fjording, London | 5 Comments | 7 min read

June 24 En Route to California Ruth had awoken at 4:30, and being unable to get back to sleep again, she set off to explore the ship in the early morning light. She said it was fairly deserted, but there were a few other hardy souls out on deck, also enjoying the...

Jun 2018 25

DAY 7

Fjording | 0 Comments | 6 min read

June 23rd At Sea Not Fjording Usually sea days are relaxing. Not so much this one. I decided to go to the Commodore Club for a short time to read, and missed Derek Tedder’s talk on “Trust me, I’m a journalist”. I sat in the Commodore Club musing over how much...

Jun 2018 25

DAY 6

Fjording, Norway, Uncategorized | 2 Comments | 10 min read

June 22nd Stavanger Yay, fjords again! What better place to be but northern Norway to experience the longest day of the year. We went out on deck in the early hours of the morning, and it was still light. It was magical. I know that this region gets long, harsh...

Jun 2018 24

DAY 5

Fjording, Norway, Uncategorized | 6 Comments | 6 min read

June 21st Flam Finally Fjording in Flam We were awoken this morning by the sun streaming into the cabin for a brief moment before it disappeared behind what seemed to be a mountain outside our cabin. Yay – we were finally in the fjords, and the view was...

Jun 2018 20

DAY 4

Fjording | 4 Comments | 6 min read

June 20th Not in Alesund It was still light, and the ship continued to rock and roll when I went to bed at 1:30. I was looking forward to a nice night of being rocked in bed, but I fell into a deep slumber, and when I awoke this morning there was very little...

Jun 2018 19

DAY 3

Fjording, Norway | 2 Comments | 6 min read

June 19th Bergen Isn’t it good, Norwegian Wood We were awoken at about 4 this morning because the wind was making quite a racket whistling through our balcony door, and the ship had definitely developed a definite rocking motion. However, by...

Jun 2018 19

DAY 2

Fjording | 0 Comments | 4 min read

June 18th At Sea We must have both been very tired because when I awoke it was 9:30, and we had had big plans for the morning. It was not to be. Ruth went to an excellent talk by Eric Flounders on the role of the Carpathia in rescuing the survivors of the Titanic,...

Jun 2018 19

DAY 1

England, Fjording | 2 Comments | 6 min read

June17th 2018 The Journey Begins I had to purchase new luggage for the vacation, my old battered suitcase didn’t look like it would survive one more trip. So armed with my brand new suitcase, off we set for the UK. We flew on American Airlines to Dallas. The flight...

Jun 2018 18

ITINERARY

Fjording, Norway | 4 Comments | 1 min read

Sunday, June 17 Southampton 4:30 Monday, June 18, At Sea Tuesday, June 19 Bergen 9:00AM to 6:00PM Wednesday, June 20 Alesund 8:00AM to 6:00PM Thursday, June 21 Flam 8:00AM to 5:00PM Friday, June 22 Stavenger 9:00AM to 5:00PM Saturday June 23 At Sea Sunday, June 24...

Jun 2018 18

PROLOGUE

Fjording, Norway, Uncategorized | 6 Comments | 2 min read

Anthony Bourdain encouraged us to visit new places, meet new people and try new foods. I did this with Japan earlier this year, loved the place, loved the people, but found the food to be a bit of a challenge. It’s not that I don’t like fish. Freshly caught poached...

Apr 2018 29

Epilogue

To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 6 Comments | 2 min read

Well, Brian and I survived the long journey home, and so did our luggage. There it all was on the carousel – usually at least one bag goes astray, but not this time. Good news! On a recent trip to Mexico my bag finally arrived a week later, after the airline denied...

Apr 2018 27

DAY 44

South Africa, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 8 Comments | 4 min read

April 23rd Cape Town The Day they Made us Leave the Ship……. I awoke at 5:00AM to watch us sail in to the harbor. I have sailed into Cape Town many times as a child, but always only woke up when it was time to go ashore. This time I was determined to see Table...