May 2009
7 posts
Leaving on a jet plane...
This trip has been so fun and filled with little observations… We’re in the GORGEOUS Oslo airport, where many staffers get around with Razor-style scooters… Some even with a little cargo platform on the front!
The food in all three countries hasn’t been as terrible as everyone makes it sound… We’ve actually enjoyed nearly all of it!
Oslo also has a bad rap...
We’re on the move… Heading towards the Netherlands locks. I’ve had one cocktail and am drunk… Beware the Long Beach Iced Tea!
Captain’s reception soon, then the formal dinner. We have already drunkenly purchased cologne duty-free onboard… Beware when the casino opens!
I love vacations. We still have a week until we’re back at work! Seems like...
Departing Amsterdam
What a whirlwind of activity!
So, making our way from London to the Harwich Cruise Terminal the train line was down for construction - instead we had to board busses for the long drive. We did get to see some of the English countryside though.
The ship is quite nice, and as we pulled away from the pier a group of bagpipers played us off.
Yesterday we did a coach & canal boat tour of...
Yesterday in London
Our last few hours in London — how sad!
We slept well into 9am yesterday before heading off to find 221B Baker Street. We toured the gift shop and nearly missed the Sherlock Holmes Museum, but finally purchased tickets and went upstairs to see “his apartment.”
After that was a jaunt over to the British Museum, where we took a quick spin through the exhibits I was most...
It’s only mid-afternoon and we’ve already had an extremely busy day!
Seen, in order: London Bridge, Thames Ricer Walk, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Rsndom Pub, London Eye, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament (ext.), Westminster Chapel (ext.), Buckingham Palace (ext. w/guards), Green Park, Picadilly Circus again, and Soho.
Phew! We stopped for a pint in Soho and met up with one of my...