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It is a long walk from central Copenhagen to the Little Mermaid. And she is just as small and insignificant as we were told. Still, she was surrounded by admirers from all around the world. We assume the last because all the conversations we couldn’t understand seemed to be using […]

We have been on the move since our last post. Tallinn, Estonia was our next stop after St. Petersburg. Our perfect, sunny tourist weather stayed with us for this stop. Old town Tallinn was walking distance from the ship. With only a few hours to explore, the tiny old town […]

Another full day devoted to being tourists. Our mission today was a visit to Pavlosk and Tsarskoe Selo. Both are located about 25 miles from St. Petersburg. After two days in the heart of the big city, a trip to the ‘burbs would be a welcome change. Unfortunately the crowds […]

Where to begin? Today we visited the Hermitage, one of the world’s great museums. The collection is so vast that it would take 7 years to view everything if you only spend one minute at each piece and view nonstop 24 hours a day. The Winter Palace is the entrance […]

We woke up to a cruise through the industrial, container shipping part of the St. Petersburg harbor. Our ship tied up close to the central city at the English Embankment. From our cabin we can enjoy all the traffic noise of downtown St, Petersburg. There is a lot of traffic […]

We were blessed with a sunny day for our visit to Helsinki. At a latitude of 60 degrees north, warm days are at a premium. Helsinki is locateded on the Gulf of Finland and is spread over several peninsulas and islands (a mere 315), so the central city is rather […]

Departing the Kiel Canal Fine East German Architecture, circa 1960, Warnemunde At the beach, Warnemunde Beach, Warnemunde

Warnemunde is a seaside town on the Baltic Sea. Originally a small fishing village, during the 1800’s, the town began to remake itself as a sea resort. Today the beach, restaurants, tour boats and regional specialities are the primary attraction. The fish market with both smoked and fresh fish made […]

Our day in Southampton was less than interesting. Although this is the place most of us have heard of, port of departure for the Mayflower and countless trans-Atlantic voyages in the day when going by ship was the only way to get across the pond, there is not much to […]

This rainy morning, we arrived off the coast of Fowey (pronounced Foy, rhymes with joy). The small port and limited docking facilities meant going ashore by tender (small boats, also rated as life boats). The ship operates an efficient tender service, so it doesn’t require much planning to avoid long […]