August 15,2024 Visby, Sweden When I opened the curtains. …like a fever dream… It was such a glorious morning, we asked Fernando to set us up on the balcony Yes, that’s my coffee cup from home…IYKYK So we’re having breakfast and this happens… …a crew drill for a “man overboard” situation …it was very interesting...
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August 11,2024. Stockholm, Sweeden So when we booked this cruise, last December, there were only “classic” Aqua staterooms available. Our travel agent booked us into a “redesigned in 2017” stateroom on deck 9 for the first leg of this back to back and then into a “classic” on deck 10 for this leg. …thus necessitating...
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August10,2024 Stockholm,Sweeden I opened the curtains a bit after 9:00 am as we sailed into Stockholm… The Archipelago is as stunning as we remembered it… This was my favorite home …imagine living on the water in this home…I’d feel like a princess. We rarely go on ship sponsored excursions…and lord knows why I thought this...
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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 30, 2024 Dover, UK Aboard Crystal Symphony I woke just after sunrise, laced up and headed out to check out the cliffs and greet Symphony as she entered the harbor. I was beyond happy to follow her progress as she docked…so freaking beautiful 🩵 I took many photos…here’s my favorite Such amazing luck with...
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Written on October 14, 2023 in
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October 3,2023 One of the reasons we choose this itinerary was the opportunity to visit Dubrovnik twice. Although we were here a mere ten days ago…it seems like a long time has passed. The weather on this day was as perfect as we could have hoped for. We enjoyed breakfast on the veranda and then...
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Written on October 14, 2023 in
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September 30,2023 This was our third visit to Santorini. On our previous visits we rented cars and toured the Island – visiting wineries, beaches and Oia. This time we decided to get off Crystal and day sail around the Island. We were blessed with an absolutely beautiful day. I woke just in time for sunrise....
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