Day One Hundred Forty-One - May 26, 2022 Some good news, Janice should be out after her test tomorrow morning. Our arrival time is quite late at 12:30 but we still have eight hours in port. A shuttle bus is available for Oceania passengers, but I choose to walk into town. The cruise terminal where we dock looks relatively new. There is sufficient signage to allow one to get into the city easily. Tallin is the capital of Estonia that lies in Tallin Bay on th...

Day One Hundred Forty - May 25 Our arrival time is 09:30 into Riga but we pass the entrance to the harbour around 08:30. During our sail in we pass huge mounds of petroleum coke that are being transferred to ocean freighters. This type of product is used for heating purposes. We have made our way to the cruise terminal where the German cruise ship Mien Schiff is already docked. The gangway is on three today and I make my way to it. Unfortunately, the pier is a...

Day One Hundred Thirty-Nine - May 24 Today is our 36th wedding anniversary but I really have no incentive to explore without Janice. Janice tested positive for Covid last evening and will spend another five days in quarantine. It is so frustrating. The blog will not be up to my standards however I will try to provide a synopsis of my visit. Our ship arrived in Klaidpeda, Lithuania at 07:00 with a departure time of 16:00. It is the third largest city (popula...

Day One Hundred Thirty-Eight - May 23 During yesterday's sea day, I noticed a naval war ship sailing behind us and then passing on the port side. I had heard that NATO is planning exercises in the Baltic Sea but that does not happen until early June. Today we are in Gdansk a city of over 470,000 people and is capital of the geographical region of Pomerania. It is considered the main seaport for Poland with the largest container terminal in the Baltic. Many c...

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...