On July 5, our excursion to see Bundhusdalen glacier left at 8am. The description of the excursion was a little misleading: did not tell us we would be hiking almost 2 miles uphill!! The glacier far away and unimpressive but the scenery up to the glacier was breathtaking! I took some beautiful video but the…

So our first port was Kristiansand. We hopped on a RIB boat, an inflatable, and sped through the Olaf Strait to a small island, Vara Battery, that was occupied by 200 Nazis and 500 Russian prisoners. They built a fort, Movik Fort, and a huge highway of tunnels throughout the island to support their cannons…

Onboard today about 1:00. Found out that the port stop for tomorrow was cancelled due to weather and that we were not even leaving port until tomorrow. Oh well. They did have a shuttle that would take us to see the front of the Little Mermaid so Jackie and I headed out. Cold and Rainy…

The changing of the guard at the Amalienborg Castle happens at Noon so we Ubered over there to catch it. Since the Monarchy was not in residence, it did not include the Royal Band. To be honest, the whole thing was pretty boring, long times when they just stood there.  We got our Smorrebrods for…

The short one hour flight to Copenhagen was uneventful (tho the A/C was not turned on until take off and it was really hot in there!) Met our driver and headed to Bryggen Guldsmenen Hotel where we have a family suite: 2 bedrooms and a living area. It is nice to spread out a bit after…

We headed to the train station and hopped on the 7:45am train for the 30 minute ride to Zaanse Schans, a neighborhood in Zandam, Netherlands. What a charming little village! Adorable traditional green cottages line the River Zaan. 6 windmills are still in working condition and there are 12 more that are part of the…

I have taken off again!! I boarded a plane (or 2) to meet my sister (Jackie) and brother-in-law (Paul) in Amsterdam, our first stop. Arrived about 9:30 am on Friday in Jordaan, a charming neighborhood along one of the 42(ish) miles of canals in Amsterdam proper. It is sweltering hot right now: real feel of…