Viking Cruises
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Note 69 – Bucharest and Parliament
Weather today – It was cool (58 F) and cloudy in the morning, but warm (78 F) in the afternoon. Our first full day on the Viking itinerary began with breakfast at the hotel, then everyone loaded onto buses for one of 3 full-day excursions which all end with our embarkation on the Viking Ullur…
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Note 65 – Up Next: Passage to Eastern Europe
Our next trip is quickly approaching towards the end of the month. In 2017, we took our first cruise – Viking River’s 15-day Grand European cruise – from Budapest to Amsterdam. This begins on the Danube River, then continues primarily on the Main and the Rhine rivers. We weren’t sure what to expect, but by…
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Note 25 – Summary of Iconic Iceland, Greenland, and Canada 2023
We’ve been home a week, laundry is done and pretty much everything is put up until the next trip. I’ve caught up on mail and bills and the crazy amount of dust that settled in the house while we were gone (thanks to help from Dave, too!). I got Mom caught up with updates on…
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Note 21 – Please, Check Your Luggage Tag! – Reykjavik Day 1
Expected weather: Hi 53F, Cloudy Population: 138,875 (city) / 248,000 (Region) / 352,721 (Country) Our journey with Viking is sadly over and we disembarked after one last breakfast. We headed to our hotels (long story how we ended up at separate hotels that I won’t go into here), checked in, left our bags, and met…
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Note 20 – Fire Hill – Westman Islands (Heimaey), Iceland
Expected weather: Hi 49F, Partly Cloudy Seas: Calm\Moderate Population: 4500 / 352,721 We awoke to a beautiful day and another interesting excursion. Now at our final port, we took the Viking included excursion “HEIMAEY ON FOOT”. This was another tender port as a volcanic eruption which occurred from January-June 1973 significantly reduced the width of…
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Note 19 – Glacial Lagoon – Djúpivogur, Iceland
Expected weather: Hi 48F, Showers Seas: Calm Population: 509 / 352,721 This is an even smaller place than yesterday, so tendering again and we selected the Viking optional full-day “FJALLSÁRLÓN ICE LAGOON BY ZODIAC” excursion. This is one of the few times where I was convinced that the hours on the bus would be worth…
Notes By Nancy 