Lucky, Lovely Lubeck

August 8, 2015 Our first shore excursion on our Baltic Sea cruise was to Lubeck, Germany. We began our tour on a motorcoach, which took us through the port city of Kiel on our way to to Lubeck. . Kiel is not a picturesque town. 97% of the city’s buildings were destroyed during World War […]

Photos: The sun on the Baltic Sea

While on our cruise in the Baltic Sea earlier this month, I saw and photographed many sunsets. Some mornings when we couldn’t seem to sleep past dawn, I also took pictures of sunrises. Then there were times when the late afternoon sun glistened on the water, casting everything else in silhouette…

Baltic Sea Cruise: Copenhagen

Aug. 7, 2015 After breakfast in the Scandic Palace Hotel dining room this morning (buffet style – yummy breads, pastries, cold cuts, eggs, bacon, yogurt, etc. – and great European coffee!), Dale, Elmer and I walked the pedestrian streets. We wanted to try to get the international phone cards and were told “Fona”, a big […]

My Baltic Sea cruise journal: Flying to Copenhagen

My husband and I returned from a 12-day cruise on the Baltic Sea last Wednesday, our first cruise ever! Since the Internet on cruises is expensive and not very reliable, I kept a hand-written journal, and over the next few weeks will edit and transcribe here. Getting ready to leave was nerve-wracking, particularly because I […]