Day One Hundred Forty-Seven and Forty-Eight - June 2-June 3 The next two days will be combined into one blog. June 2, we arrived in Kiel Germany entering the channel around 06:30 before arriving at 08:00. Kiel (population 249,000) can be found in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein and is 90 kilometers north of Hamburg. As we sail towards our dock the German Naval Shipyards are across from our stateroom. One ship is presently being constructed here and seve...

Day One Hundred Thirty-Six - May 21 Welcome to Warnemunde, Germany The loud noise was the ship docking at 02:30 Saturday morning. Three ship tours began at 06:20 for any passengers wishing to go travel to Berlin. No thank you. Again, our port is considered a borough of the city of Rostock. From my stateroom the train station was right there. While walking towards the train station I come across these amazily designed sand castle (statutes). A ship tour o...

Day One Hundred Thirty-Five - May 20 Hallo and willkommen to Germany. Today we are in the port city of Travemunde, a borough of Lubeck at the mouth of the river Trave in Lubeck Bay. Our arrival time has the ship in at 07:00 and we are docked directly on front street. The locals in the apartments across from us must be wondering what a cruise ship is doing here. I do not think this is a regular occurrence. The small main street is dotted with shops and restaura...