Oslo, Norway Hurry up and wait! We have to be out of our suite by 08:00. I started with breakfast in the Coffee Connection at 06:00. They...

Last Day - Monday Kristiansand, Norway We took the morning to pack and gather our things together as tomorrow we arrive in Oslo. They...

Stavanger, Norway Today we are docked in the city of Stavanger. It is the third largest city in Norway. The city is located on a...

Day 13 Bjørgvin, Norway Bergen , historically  Bjørgvin , is located on the southwest coast of Norway. Everyone here points out that this...

Day 12 We are berthed on the island of Nørvøya,  or  Nørve,  in the  Ålesund Municipality  in  Møre og Romsdal  county,  Norway . Norway...

Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland Today is our last day in the UK and we have landed in Lerwick on Mainland Island, the largest of the...

Kirkwall, Scotland, UK Kirkwall  is the largest town in the Orkney archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. The town was first...

Ullapool, UK Ullapool, is a village and port located in Northern Scotland. Ullapool has a population of approximately 1,500 people. It is...

Belfast, Northern Ireland Bank Holiday Being a member of the Loyalist Family, signers of the Ulster Compact, I should be one. However, as...

Day 6 This morning, we are docked in Liverpool. Our excursion today takes is to Chester & Llangollen. Llangollen  is a small town of less...

Dublin, Ireland In truth, we are anchored in Dublin Bay, just off the coastal suburb of Dun Laoghaire just south of Dublin itself. We...

Day 4 if the Cruise We were supposed to stop in Waterford Ireland today, but the sea was again too rough to make the stop. Instead, we...

Falmouth, England. Today’s stop is in Falmouth on the south coast of Cornwall. We were supposed to visit another abbey, this time St....

We are anchored of the coast of Brittany today, near the historic French port of IIIe-te-Vilaine. The famous walled city of Saint-Malo is...

It is official! After a four-month break, we are off again. Believe it or not it began at the United Irish Cultural Center in San...

May 14, 2024 Day 130/137 Mindel (Porto Grande), Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde is officially the Republic of Cabo Verde. It is a...

Dakar, Senegal Feeling much better. We did manage to go to the cooking class here is Dakar. Dakar is the capital and largest...

Dakar, Senegal Silence, sorry, it has been several days since we did anything. We have both been very sick. Turns out you can’t really...

We are heading northwest towards our next port of call, Angola. There isn’t much Americans in their 70’s remember about the Continent of...

Day 119/137, only 18 days remaining Luanda, Angola. Angola, really, you know how dangerous that place is? Right? Well,…. Luanda is one of...