August 8,2024 Helsinki, Finland Another glorious sunny day. We had coffee in our room, then I jumped on the treadmill for about 8000 steps. Nice view from the treadmill. After lunch, we headed off to visit Helsinki…Crystal provided a shuttle…took about 20 minutes…but before we left the pier…we spotted this… …the coolest thing we’ve se...
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August 7,2024 Tallinn Estonia We woke to bright warm weather. Early coffee and muffins in our room then light lunch in Marketplace. All ready to explore… We last visited Tallinn in 2016 and vaguely remembered how quaint the old town was. What we didn’t remember is how much walking we must have done back then....
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August 6,2024 …Crystal Symphony enroute to Estonia We love sea days…the whole sleeping in…hanging in the room and/or balcony…just chilling. We had breakfast in the room…I spent an hour in the gym…and eventually made our way up to Marketplace and enjoyed the lunchtime Asian buffet… Honoka works in Umi Uma at night, and here she...
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August 4, 2024 On board Crystal Symphony We woke to clouds and intermittent rain as we sailed into Copenhagen. Coffee and croissants in the room…then lunch in Marketplace… We watched as the weather deteriorated, grabbed some gelato and made the decision to bail on our Crystal Shore excursion…a “Canal Juant”…who wants to be in a...
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August 3,2024 on board Crystal Symphony Coffee and croissants in our room… …then I hit the gym instead of second breakfast… …I did enjoy a yummy salad in Marketplace at lunchtime… Timmy had a salad and some rice and seafood… After lunch we enjoyed some ice cream then stopped by the Tastes bar to checkin...
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July 31,2024 on board Crystal Symphony I opened the curtain and this fellow was on our balcony…I sat down to observe him… Timmy said “Don’t move”… and snapped this photo. Well I did move, grabbed my phone and took a few pics…thinking he’d soon be on his way…not so …I think he knew we like...
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July 7, 2024 on board Serenity We awoke to a warm sunny day and this view. Enjoyed omelets at Trident… Then cappuccinos in the Bistro…Adrian likes to surprise us with his art. At 11:00 am we headed off for our Crystal shore excursion …a boat ride “Wildlife Safari and beach bonfire”. Reader’s Digest version: the...
Continue readingJuly 6, 2024 Crystal Serenity This view greeted us upon opening the drapes… …and it continued to delight This is my favorite photo of the day🩵 So many waterfalls The vista changed as we sailed along Thank goodness for photos…because I really do not have the words to describe this experience That’s Dawes glacier in...
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July 5,2024 Skagway Alaska onboard Crystal Serenity We awoke as we were sailing into port. So grateful that we were graced with good weather, as the Weather Channel had been predicting rain and I was especially looking forward to our planned shore excursion. Last night Tim and I took bets on whether or not the...
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July 4,2024 Sitka, Alaska I think you know by now that I try to approach life with zero expectations…not low expectations but zero expectations. Sometimes a truly magical day sneaks up on me from way far out in left field and leaves me soaring with happiness. Let me try to convey this magical day to...
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