This is the last day of our cruise and it is a sea day. We got to sleep in today. I managed to make it all the way to 7:00! I just worked on my blog and then we sat on the deck and watched Mary Poppins on the big screen with a bucket of beer soaking up the sun. We went to a wine tasting in the afternoon which was fun. But then we had to go to the cabin to pack because we had to leave our luggage out before we went to dinner. Dinner was fun. We had plans to ...

Happy birthday Les! Xo Today we were picked up at 11:30 to go to the ship to start our 11 day Baltic cruise. I spent a 1/2 hour repacking. I had forgotten a couple of toiletries :( so I went out to see if I clould pick them up before getting on the ship while Vic completed his arduous 2 hour repacking process. I walked a short distance and finally found a place at the train terminal. We got on the bus and proceeded to the terminal. The bus driver dropped us o...

This is our first full day in Copenhagen. We had a good overview of the city on the Hop On Hop Off bus tour yesterday and today we wanted to explore more in depth. We did a self guided walking tour (courtesy of Rick Steves -travel guide author). On our way to our starting point at Rådhuspladsen (City Hall Square) we saw the weather girls on the corner of a building. There are 2 girls that indicate the weather. If they are on a bike it’s fair, it’s fair wea...

Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, is our port of embarkation for our Baltic Sea cruise, which begins on April 29. We arrived early so we could explore the city. Denmark, nestled between the Baltic and North Sea is the smallest of the Scandinavian countries and the birthplace of author Hans Christian Andersen. In the 16th century, it was the largest and ruled all of Norway and the three southern provinces of Sweden. We arrived at around 1:00 and went to buy our ...