Day 20 – Normandy (Le Havre), France
7am. Time to head out. 10-hour day ahead of us. The plan today is to visit the main landing points…
Day 21 – End of leg 1, Start of leg 2
For the first time this entire trip there’s cold / wet weather. The sailing was filled largely with folks from…
Day 22 – Cherboug, France
Welcome to Sherbet. OK, technically it’s spelled Cherboug but it’s pronounced like the cold dessert. This port is part of…
Day 23 – Giverny and Rouen (Le Havre), France
Today is about Monet and Baroque art. My original plan was to book something to get me to Rouen. It…
Day 24 – at sea
I wanted cold from the beginning of the trip and today we’re feeling it. A brisk 57 degrees is expected…
Day 25 – Oslo, Norway (day 1)
If you could take the Amish from New York and place them in a fishing village you’d have Oslo. I…
Day 26 – Oslo, Norway (day 2)
I’ll be honest, Oslo was the one port I was not expecting much. In fact, this was the one port…
Day 28 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
If you’ve never experienced the fun of the locks of the Panama Canal just take a cruise into Amsterdam. Last…
Day 29 – Zeebrugge, Belgium
What do French Fries and good chocolate have in common? They’re all from Belgium. Yes, the French took fries from…