We are all happy to have another sea day after so many ports in a row! Unfortunately, it means it's the end of our trip--although I think we are all ready to be home in our own beds and see our families. :)) Mike has caught a bit of a cold and Rich wanted to go work out this morning, so Pam and I got all dolled up and went for breakfast in the fancy dining room. We enjoyed not having to rush and were glad we got there early cause the place was hopping once we we...

We actually arrived near the port city of Nynashamn, Sweden ( not Stockholm) and dropped anchor. This is a tendered port city but our tour ticket takes care of the tender issue for us. :)) We were in the first group to board and it turned out to be on one of the life boats that are with our ship. The ride from the ship to the port was only around 15 minutes, so not too bad at all. And wonders of all wonders, the sun was shining today!! We boarded our bus and to...

What a gorgeous morning! Our ship changed time on us today, so we are now 8 hours ahead of Houston. We all were exhausted after our long bus trip back to the ship from Berlin yesterday. We encountered a very long line of other passengers waiting to board the ship, so by the time we finally got aboard, it was around 8:45 pm. We made a mad dash for the dining room to get our surf and turf, worth the wait! Since we were at sea today, we had breakfast and then went...

We had a very early "roll call" this morning, off for a tour of Gothenburg, Sweden. Our tour began with a drive through the city to an old church that was constructed to resemble a Viking ship's hull. It was built up on a hill so you could see a pretty good view from there. The church is called Masthuggskyrkan, do not ask me how to pronounce that! We got back on our bus and were supposed to go to the Botanical Gardens, but it was raining at that point, so our g...