Category: World Travels
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Homelands Cruise – Berlin, Germany
Day 15 – Aug 3, 2022 We got up super-early for our 12-hour excursion in Berlin. A long day, but it was a whopping 150 miles from our port at Warnemunde to the city. Viking chartered a train since most of the ship’s passengers (over 470 of us) were going to Berlin with some extending to…
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Homelands Cruise – Denmark
Perhaps you’re wondering if we’ve been eating well, since I haven’t posted any food pictures for this trip. Wow, have we ever! Steve wants to gain some weight, while I prefer to maintain my poundage (or kilograms here). With all the wonderful food aboard Viking Star, Steve is getting his wish; me, not so much…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Final days in Iceland
Only a few of the breathtaking places to visit and experience in Iceland can be done in five days (or four for us, because we missed a day). But we were glad to be here to discover, marvel and enjoy its glorious natural wonders in the allotted time. Below is the map and route we…
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The Majestic Beauty of Iceland
On our second day in Reykjavik we got up to enjoy a very good hotel breakfast (at least the Radisson Blu got that right!), then we set off for a full day excursion. We had to take our luggage on the bus for this segment because we’d be traveling to the northwest part of the…
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Reykjavik, Iceland – Finally!
We finally arrived at Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, a day late and a few dollars short. It was around 5:30am local time, and we couldn’t wait to get to our room so we could dump our luggage and join the day-long excursion. Of course, things didn’t quite work out that nicely. The Viking representative…
