Happy Birthday to me! It’s January 7th, the first of five sea days on our return trip, and I’m celebrating this birthday in high style. I started my day with a nice walk taking advantage of the calm seas. Four times around the main deck is about a mile, we must have gone around a … More On our way to Ensenada, Mexico January 7-12
” the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean“ – Mark Twain We arrived at the Kahului’s harbor in Maui which is the center of commerce founded in 1810 by King Kamehameha, who was the one that unified the islands of Hawaii. Our tour began with a scenic drive along the famous … More Maui , January 5th
August 21-22, 2019 The next port of call during our Viking Homelands Cruise was one that both Leo and I had been looking forward to with great anticipation. St Petersburg, Russia was one of, if not the highlight of this trip. There are visa requirements if you want to tour the city on your … More St Petersburg, Russia
August 19-20, 2019 Traveling always has the potential for surprises, especially due to the unpredictable nature of sea conditions while you are on a cruise ship. We have experienced this many times in our travels, so we didn’t blink an eye when during our Viking Homelands ocean cruise, the captain announced the night before that … More Gdańsk, Poland, a day at sea and Tallinn, Estonia
H August 17, 2019 Leo and I have visited Germany many times but circumstances have always made us miss seeing Berlin, so it was very exciting to us that the Viking Homelands cruise itinerary included a day stop in this historical city. It was especially exciting for Leo as he is somewhat of a WWII … More One day in Berlin
August 11-15 2018 We left Iceland in great anticipation of joining the Viking Ocean Cruise ship, The Jupiter, which was docked in Bergen, Norway and waiting for us so that we could continue our “Viking Homelands“ adventures. We have cruised with Viking before on a couple of their river cruises, which were wonderful, but … More Norway
Going Places with Lucy & Leo 