August 20,2024. Copenhagen, Denmark Yay! Sunny skies in Copenhagen …remember last segment? Pouring rain… Starboard side view… After coffee and muffins, we hopped the shuttle and set off in search of a canal boat tour. Didn’t take long to find a canal …or a boat tour… That’s the “Little Mermaid”…she sure is tiny…especially from...
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August 19,2024. Malmo, Sweden Here’s the view upon opening the curtains. Coffee, muffins…then the treadmill. The treadmill is on the starboard side of the ship…similar view here. Timmy decided to make himself an egg salad sandwich for lunch…he added peppers for some crunch😊 After lunch, I hopped on the shuttle for the short ride into...
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August 18, 2024 Rostock Germany We opened the curtains in the industrial port of Rostock, Germany with no desire to spend upwards of 45 minutes on the shuttle into town. I went to the gym, then we had lunch… …well I had lunch…Timmy had iced tea. After lunch we went out back and watched the...
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August 17,2024 Crystal Symphony in the Baltic Sea We opened the curtains to cloudy skies and calm seas Sea days promote lazy mornings … …but eventually I made my way to the treadmill and Mahjong By lunchtime the sun was out… …and so was the Sushi …Asian buffet 🩵 …an afternoon of reading on our...
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August 16,2024 Riga, Latvia We opened the curtains and found ourselves in the middle of Riga. Well not exactly the middle of the city… but it sure felt like it. The sound of traffic was real when we slid the door open. We expected to see a harbor, a port, maybe a breakwater…we got a...
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August 13,2024 On board Crystal Symphony We returned to Tallinn, Estonia and decided to spend the day on board. It is so wonderful to begin each day with breakfast in our room After breakfast, I headed for the gym…here’s my view from the treadmill. Even with 600 passengers, the gym is never crowded… We had...
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August 12,2024 Helsinki, Finland This photo was taken last evening, when we returned to our room at 12:31 am…so it technically belongs here on August 12 ♥️ We were greeted with cloudy skies and a cool wind when we opened the curtains. We were still enroute to Helsinki…expecting to arrive at noon. We had coffee...
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September 25,2023 We sailed into the port of Olbia, Sardina to blue skies and some cool ferries. We cancelled our winery tour and stayed on board. I’m sorry to have missed Sardinia, but we’ve realized that we just do not have the stamina for day after day touring…and we do love sea days. We slept...
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September 23,2023 Captain Willheim made the decision not to port in Sorrento due to poor sea conditions, so we headed for an overnight in Naples. As we sailed towards Naples from Catania we were treated to a rain and lightning show. Sadly I was unable to capture the lightning flashes on my phone. We enjoyed...
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September 19,2023 After breakfast on our balcony, we headed off the ship to meet up with our guide, Darko. The tender ride to shore took about 20 minutes. An advantage of sailing on a small ship like Symphony, is that we can anchor in the harbor at the entrance to Old Town Dubrovnik. We strolled...
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