DONNA's BIRTHDAY! Today Donna and I are doing a shore excursion "Scenic Drive to Hoellen and Vest Adger Open Air Museum" in southern Norway. Today is the only day on the trip where the ship will actually be tendered, not anchored in a deep water port. Excavation crews found a 2000 year-old skull of a female they named "Sol". It is in the museum in Oslo. Open Air Museum - Large White House is from 1800s, some are older, from the 1500s. Most of the brown wooden st...

August 26 (Saturday)- INVERGORDEN, SCOTLAND Today Donna and I going on a shore excursion including Cawdor Castle and Gardens. We will be traveling along the outskirts of Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, along Cromarty Firth. In Shakespeare's "Macbeth" King Duncan is said to have been murdered at Inverness Castle. The Battle of Culloden between the Jacobites and the government was fought here in April 16, 1746. Stone cairn raised on the property a...

Today we have a few hours to explore Copenhagen, and are then boarding the cruise ship at noon. Ship departs at 5:00pm and will be cruising overnight to Skagen, Denmark. We both crashed early last night and were up before 7am. Had a wonderful free breakfast at the hotel - croissants, cheeses, smoked meats and fish, cheese, fabulous coffee. Wonderful. Donna and I took a walk along the water behind the Marriott and over to the Library. There was a wonderful ga...

Departure day for 19-day Scandinavian tour! My friend, Donna P, is going with me, and will be celebrating her 58th birthday on this trip! Today we are driving to Pittsburgh, PA to meet the rest of our group and to fly to Reykjavik, Iceland overnight. From there we, we will catch another flight tomorrow to head to Copenhagen, Denmark where we will stay overnight at the Marriott. We will board Royal Caribbean's "Vision of the Seas" on August 22 at noon for t...