Random thoughts from the sea
Up Close and Personal with an Iceberg Day 9, Voyage of the Vikings 2019 Wednesday, Aug. 7, Nanortalik, Greenland It’s true. Not only can icebergs have a blue or gray hue, but they also can sport a streak of pure blue ice. I saw it myself when our small tour
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Day 8, Voyage of the Vikings 2019 Tuesday, Aug. 6, At Sea near Greenland … with props to Carl Sandburg The glass-half-empty view of today is a missed port. Or if you want to look at the sunny side, it was a bonus sea day. Actually, sun was the one
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Day 6, Voyage of the Vikings 2019 Sunday, Aug. 4, Red Bay, Labrador, Canada It isn’t too far from Corner Brook to Red Bank in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. But weather-wise, it was a world of difference. Our warm (dare I say hot?) and sunny day in Corner Brook led
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Day 5 Voyage of the Vikings 2019 Saturday, Aug. 3, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada True to its name, Corner Brook has a delightful brook flowing through town, much of it through property owned by the local paper and pulp company. The Corner Brook Stream Trail encircles the stream, a marsh
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Day 4, Voyage of the Vikings 2019 Friday, Aug. 2, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada I couldn’t come to Cape Breton and not visit the Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Baddeck. Bell System blood runs deep in my family. Our father spent his career at Southwestern Bell. My sisters and I
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Acadia National Park in Maine is the easternmost national park in the continental United States. It stretches across much of Mount Desert Island and includes parts of several nearby islands along the Maine coast. Given its relative remoteness from most of the country, I was surprised to learn that it
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“Welcome Home” I’ve written twice before about this banner that greeted us to the ms Amsterdam on two Grand Asia voyages. I did not see it on the ms Zuiderdam when we boarded earlier today. But even though the ship’s size, layout and décor are different, coming aboard still feels
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“All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go…” OK, that’s not quite true. When I started this post four days ago, I was ready to be on the Voyage of the Vikings, but there was much to be done. I guess I am just a bit obsessive – no
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In three weeks I’m setting off to explore new waters. I’ll board Holland America’s ms Zuiderdam to sail the northern Atlantic and trace the Voyage of the Vikings. This 35-day cruise starts and ends in Boston. It sails through New England, the Canadian Maritimes, Greenland and Iceland, then stops in
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Day 82, Grand Asia 2018 Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, At Sea: (Posted late – the ship cut off our Internet packages too soon!) Day 82. The Final Full Day. Our stop on Day 7 (OCT. 6) in Dutch Harbor seems a lifetime away, but otherwise this cruise has passed quickly.
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