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Your dinner last night seemed good but not sure I'd like the dumping strategy on the plates! That's funny with the "h" missing from some menus.
Great photos of the sunset and you caught a majestic one for sure! Some great scenery as you meander through the islands on your approach to Stockholm. Quite odd with Google Maps and your various locations throughout the world. You're certainly covering a lot of territory according to Google Maps!
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Your dinner last night seemed good but not sure I'd like the dumping strategy on the plates!
It would've been so easy to just have presented it nicely...
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That's funny with the "h" missing from some menus.
Great photos of the sunset and you caught a majestic one for sure! Some great scenery as you meander through the islands on your approach to Stockholm. Quite odd with Google Maps and your various locations throughout the world. You're certainly covering a lot of territory according to Google Maps!
We headed up to deck 15 to get some photos from outside:
It was pretty windy up there, so we didn’t last that long.
We made our way over to the Sky Lounge, where it was much warmer, and got some photos from there:
Then we headed back to our room, from where we continued to watch the beautiful scenery. While I remember, when we got back to the room, I spotted a tiny bit of paper above our card entry system. I looked at our neighbouring room, and it had one too. As I opened the door, it fell out, and I immediately worked out what it was there for – to see whether someone had left the room, and whether housekeeping could come in. Normally it would work fine, but of course, we were coming back to the room, having already been out for breakfast, so we put up the do not disturb sign just to be on the safe side.
To me, this is what cruising is all about, getting to just sit and watch the world go by, and even more so when there’s something out there, rather than just the sea. I can’t think of any other way in which you could see these communities.
The morning was a very odd one weather wise. At one point, when the sun came out, I thought about changing from my jeans into a pair of crops, but then the sun went in, and my goodness, it cooled down, and the wind got up. I think it’s just going to be one of those days where the weather is very changeable.
At one point, we saw the seagulls swooping around, no doubt trying to grab some food off some poor unsuspecting person on a higher deck…
Wow, in a few of those shots we can see just how narrow this waterway is. This looks like a challenge to navigate for the captain. And those random rocks sort of popping up here and there... I'm sure there's more under the water too. Wow! Beautiful scenery indeed though.
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I just looooooove Scandinavian architecture. Those quaint wodden houses are gorgeous I fell in love with them during our first road trip through Scandinavia in 2004 - and two years ago, we even decided to build a house in the Norwegian style ourselves!
Wow, in a few of those shots we can see just how narrow this waterway is. This looks like a challenge to navigate for the captain. And those random rocks sort of popping up here and there... I'm sure there's more under the water too. Wow! Beautiful scenery indeed though.
I read somewhere that it's supposed to be the most challenging place that cruise ships navigate through in the world.
I just looooooove Scandinavian architecture. Those quaint wodden houses are gorgeous I fell in love with them during our first road trip through Scandinavia in 2004 - and two years ago, we even decided to build a house in the Norwegian style ourselves!
Oh me too - I love the look of those houses. There is just something so picturesque about them.
Ahhhh, it is so relaxing to see that scenery. It really is so beautiful. I think because the houses are so picturesque, I actually like some of that scenery more than in Alaska. Of course, not once you get to the more rugged parts of Alaska, or the glaciers. Then I think, for me, Alaska wins.
Ahhhh, it is so relaxing to see that scenery. It really is so beautiful. I think because the houses are so picturesque, I actually like some of that scenery more than in Alaska. Of course, not once you get to the more rugged parts of Alaska, or the glaciers. Then I think, for me, Alaska wins.
Yep, I think I'm with you on that - I hear what you're saying.
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That's funny with the "h" missing from some menus.
Some great scenery as you meander through the islands on your approach to Stockholm. 
Quite odd with Google Maps and your various locations throughout the world. You're certainly covering a lot of territory according to Google Maps! 
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