Category: Norway

  • Homelands Cruise – Oslo, Norway

    Homelands Cruise – Oslo, Norway

    Day 10 and 11 of 56, Jul 28 -29, 2022 Our ship’s next port of call was an overnight stay at Oslo, the capital of Norway. I think of Oslo as that far-away country where the Oslo Peace Accord was signed, where famous ski jumping happens and where Nobel prizes are awarded. Our visit presented…

  • Homelands Cruise – Stavanger, Norway

    Homelands Cruise – Stavanger, Norway

    Day 9 of 56 – July 29 We made a short stop at Stavanger, another one of Europe’s southern ports and interesting old towns in Norway. This is the third-largest city and one of the oldest settlements in the country. We opted to do separate excursions on this stop. Steve satisfied his flying urge by…

  • Homelands Cruise – Eidfjord, Norway

    Homelands Cruise – Eidfjord, Norway

    July 28, Day 8 of 56 As of this writing we’re back home in Arizona, and the catch-up posts are slowly being hatched where we left off many weeks ago in Bergen, Norway. With spotty internet connectivity, a busy touring schedule during the trip, plus being in the moment is more important, catching up is…

  • Homelands Cruise – Bergen, Norway

    Homelands Cruise – Bergen, Norway

    If you’ve just started following us recently, this is leg 2 of our 56-day, multiple-cruise, 2022 travel adventure. In case you missed our posts covering our Iceland pre-cruise excursion, you can view them here, here, and here. Once again we are back cruising aboard a big ship, the Viking Star, on the Homelands Cruise that…