Today's German comedy word: Evershagen = the name of a small town spotted on the train from Rostock to Warnemunde!! (I kid you not. Check your atlas!!)Distance from Warnemunde to Stockholm: 470 nautical milesTotal distance sailed: 470 nautical milesThe alarm went off at 8am on the dot. Another smooth night as the MSC Sinfonia has glided its way across the Baltic to Stockholm. Looking out of the window, the ship was still cutting its way through the water as s...

The day we arrived in Stockholm was going to be a long one. We were due to dock at 8:30 at Stadgårdsterminalen on Södermalm. We got up at 5:30 to marvel at our approach through the archipelago (skärgården) If that wasn't early enough, the clock moved again!! This time it went back an hour. OK, an extra hour in bed but why do we have to mess with the time? They didn’t have this in the Viking days as they were sailing to invade Finland and Russia. Ola...