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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Restless Are The Globe-Trotters

Map picture

 

Map picture

 

Restless Are The Globe-Trotters

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To speak of many things: of shoes -- and ships" --- Did someone say "ships?" Alas, I think that is a great idea, so much so that once again, Lisa and I are setting sail, this time to the Baltic, and then continuing across the Atlantic into New York.

I will do my best to keep up with my usual blogs about our travels; however, this trip will present some challenges in that regard. All starts well enough with our flying into Stockholm and having a day to rest before spending a leisurely day sailing over to St. Petersburg, Russia. From that point, it is likely to be a blur of activity for the next eight days leaving little time to write or get caught up on pictures. Besides spending three days in St. Petersburg, we will visit Helsinki, Finland; Mariehamn, Finland; Visby, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Warnemunde, Germany one right after the other, before getting a one day break, before putting into Hamburg, Germany where the ship spends an overnight.

We then continue our whirlwind trip with nine straight days of new ports. We will visit Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zeebrugge, Belgium; Honfleur, France; Saint-Malo, France; Guernsey, Channel Islands; Southampton, UK; Fowey, Cornwall, UK; Waterford, Ireland; and Cork, Ireland. Whew!! While we are in Southampton, our good friends from England, will drive down to spend the day with us, which should be fun for all.

Leaving Ireland, the ship will sail four days directly East across the Atlantic to St. John's, Newfoundland, then a day at sea before reaching Sydney, Nova Scotia, and the following day stopping at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Another day at sea and we arrive back in the United States at Newport, Rhode Island, and continue the following day into New York, our final stop.

All in all, our grand journey will take 35 days, and it promises to be an exciting trip. I will be e-mailing about our travels as usual, and if you have received this e-mail, then you are on our mailing list. I will also post these articles along with pictures and maps on our web page theglobe-trotters.com. As I can, I will try to keep photographs updated on our Picasa web page, and once I have it up and running, I will send the direct link, but you can always reach it from theglobe-trotters page.

I hope everyone will enjoy the journey, so stay posted.

Jim

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