May 16, 2025 I do a lot of research on the country or port of call that we are visiting for this blog. Sometimes I find out some very interesting things as has been the case with Iceland. It seems that Islanders are obsessed with rocks and apparently what lies beneath them. I’m not talking… Read more

May 16, 2025 There was a lot I needed to learn about Norway. I’ve concluded that Norway is a country of leftovers. Not the kind you keep in your frig. I mean the bigger kind. Norway is a country built on leftovers. Not in a bleak way, not like we have nothing, so we need… Read more

May 14, 2025 It’s official! We have entered the land of the non-setting sun as evidenced by the photos below. We spent yesterday at our last port of call in Norway, Honningsvag. This is a remote fishing village with colorful houses, a working harbor and a hearty people. There is one statue in town, and… Read more

May 13, 2025 After we sail from Tromso, Norway we will experience a number of days with endless sunlight. Should be very interesting. During the Arctic summer nights, the city of Tromsø never sleeps also called the midnight sun season. The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that only occurs in places north of the… Read more

May 11, 2025 We arrived in Trondheim on an unseasonably warm Sunday morning. The temperature hit 39 degrees! There are two churches that have significant meaning to this community. The Nidaros Catherdal is Norway’s national shrine renowned for its historical significance. It is the traditional location for the consecration of new Norwegian monarchs. Var Frue Kirke (The… Read more

May 9, 2025 We have sailed through the Norwegian fjords toward the town of Eidfjord, Norway. Eidfjord, Norway is a small town. Really small. It takes about 10 minutes to walk the entire town. We are at the first of four ports that we will visit in Norway as we make our way up the… Read more

May 7, 2025 Our daughter, Hannah, spent one of her undergraduate summers studying at the Edinburgh College of Art, founded in 1760! As we have been to the city before to visit with her, we decided to travel to an area of Scotland known as “The Borders,” because it borders with Great Britian. Every inch… Read more

May 5, 2025 IJmuiden, Netherlands is the port of entry for Amsterdam, the city that I am most familiar with in Europe. I first came to Amsterdam 50 years ago as a backpacking college student. I took an Icelandic flight from New York City to Luxemburg with a stopover in Reykjavik, Iceland for $99.00! My… Read more

May 4, 2025 Belgium was the first to fall to The Third Reich. During the “Hunger Winter” of 1944 tens of thousands of people died from malnutrition. Families ate soup made from wallpaper paste. People were digging up tulip bulbs to eat. Food was rationed, hidden, coffee was a memory. The Nazi’s did not just… Read more

May 3, 2025 OMAHA BEACH This is how it started: “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In the company of our brave Allies and brothers… Read more