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The trip begins! Out of Copenhagen - Day 2, June 9
Copenhagen and other places in Denmark are wonderful for cycling. They have dedicated bike paths and lanes on the roads which makes it...

Jeanne Marie
Jun 9, 20192 min read


Copenhagen, Day 1 of Bike Trip
After a traditional Danish breakfast, we made our way back downtown to see the food market. Just about a 10 minute walk, we found a...

Jeanne Marie
Jun 8, 20191 min read


Copenhagen, Day 1
Finally arrived in Copenhagen around 1 pm after a long flight. We can't seem to sleep on these flights. We took the metro, very clean...

Jeanne Marie
Jun 7, 20192 min read


Happy Birthday, Mark!
Another year and another birthday for Mark! I had to work at Community Table at church, but I prepared pulled pork and chicken for...

Jeanne Marie
Apr 30, 20191 min read


Easter
Easter morning started off very dreary with rain imminent. I made sure to bring my raincoat as we started off to church. Shawn had...

Jeanne Marie
Apr 21, 20191 min read


Firsts for the Spring
Last year, I purchased a group of Pawsox tickets so that the 6 of us could attend games together during the summer. This spring, I...

Jeanne Marie
Apr 13, 20191 min read


Final Full Day, Day 13
The final full day of sailing, so sad that the vacation ends soon. The first and only real stop is at Trondheim. We stopped at this...

Jeanne Marie
Oct 3, 20182 min read


Sea Day, Sandnessjøen, and Brønnøysund, Day 12
Yeah! We were able to sleep in until 8:15 am. Breakfast goes until 10 am, so why get up early if there are no stops this morning. At...

Jeanne Marie
Oct 2, 20182 min read


Lofoten Islands, Day 11
Of course I booked an excursion that starts at 8 am. I wasn't really thinking that we wouldn't be in bed until after 1 am. So there we...

Jeanne Marie
Oct 1, 20183 min read


Midnight Concert at Arctic Catherdral
A little bit before midnight, we went to the Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø for the Midnight Concert. The cathedral was built in 1965 and is...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 30, 20181 min read



Jeanne Marie
Sep 30, 20180 min read


Hammerfest Hike, Day 10
Ugh, again we woke up early and had breakfast. It works out better since most people go down for breakfast at 8 or 8:30. We had a hike...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 30, 20182 min read


King Crabs, Day 9
We are on vacation, but we still have to get up early for breakfast and our excursion. It is one of the best days of the cruise,...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 29, 20183 min read


Hunningsvåg, 70 degrees North, Day 8
We arrived first at Hammerfest. It wasn't a long stop, but we woke up and went down to have breakfast. We were going to have an early...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 28, 20183 min read


Tromsø, Day 7
Calm morning and some blue skies. Although we had no excursions planned and could sleep in, we found that the breakfast buffet fills up...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 27, 20182 min read


Sea Day and Bodø, Day 6
A very uneventful sea day. Despite the rough sea at night, we were able to get some sleep. The boat was originally scheduled to get to...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 26, 20182 min read


Trondheim, Day 5
I did see a full moon before we went to bed and I was hoping the next day in Trondheim would be sunny. No, it was overcast and cold. ...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 25, 20183 min read


Hjørundfjord, Day 4
We traveled through the night to our first real stop, Urke. There were other stops during the night but they were for mail and package...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 24, 20182 min read


Bergen and Off to the Boat, Day 3
We had purchased a Bergen card the previous day and it was still valid. A Bergen card allows you into a certain number of museums and...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 23, 20182 min read


Bergen, Day 2, the Tower and museums
We were returned from the Fisheries Museum and we walked down to the Rosenkrantz Tower. It was build in 1270, but changed over the years...

Jeanne Marie
Sep 22, 20181 min read
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