Iceland has been on the bucket list
Note, if you read the Day 10 post before 10:20 am (Boise, 11:20 OK, 9:20 OR) on 9/2, you’ve read a non-current version. After our late night yesterday it somehow made sense to start this morning with a walking tour – this time wandering thru 3 of the 6 districts of Venice (and briefly visitng […]
Sunny skies; Hi Temp 87; Sunrise 6:33, Sunset 7:51; We had the morning off;Which meant that there were no organized excursions.However the hotel offered to provide free transportation over to Murano Island – an offer too good to pass up.So at 9:30 14 of us loaded into two taxies and enjoyed a quick (These guys
Sunny skies, High clouds; Hi Temp 89, Finally, a cold front!; Sunrise 7:10, Sunset 7:53 We woke up docked in Venice.Today is deparkation day so we were up a half hour before the alarm thinking that we would need to fight for seating in the buffet. (Turns out there was plenty of room.) Our suitcases
Sunny skies, with a tinge of Gray Hi Temp 91, seriously; Sunrise 6:17, Sunset 7:46 Even though it was a ‘down day’ we were still up earlly and on to exercising.We were back in the room when the room service tray arrived and we were soon lounging on our veranda enjoying breakfast and a view
Sunny, Gray Smoky Skies Hi Temp 91 (again, and just as humid); Sunrise 6:17, Sunset 7:46 Figured we’d do enough walking today that adding laps on the deck would be superfluous. So we were up at a more civilized hour and enjoyed a nice breakfast on the back deck at the buffet before meeting our
Sunny, Gray Smoky Skies Hi Temp (still) 91 (and just as humid); Sunrise 6:06, Sunset 7:36 9:00 excursion this morning so it was up early and a somewhat abbreviated (3 miles) on the deck before breakfast. Ashore we met our guide and waited for a shuttle bus to take us down the way to our
Sunny, Gray Smoky Skies Hi Temp 91; Sunrise 6:03, Sunset 7:33 We were up at 6:00 to be on the deck as we sailed into the Rea. (A Rea is like a Fjord except it is formed by rising ocean waters filling a river valley while a Fjord is formed by glaciacian.) The Viking Daily
Sunny, Gray Smoky Skies Hi Temp 94; Sunrise 6:58, Sunset 8:19 Up and at ’em at 0-dark:30 (OK it wasn’t THAT early but considering our morning it was a commitment. Back at the room it was shower, dress, and Cheryl declared it WAFFLE DAY! That’s a great reward for all the perspriation. After breakfast we
Sunny, Gray Smoky Skies Hi Temp 94; Sunrise 6:58, Sunset 8:19 It was a quiet day.We’re in the part of the trip where staying on board during a port day has certain advantages.Like: Going _back_ to the ‘ruins down to the foundations’ Olympia in 94 degree heat isn’t really a good investment.And we’re storing up
Sunny Blue Aegean Skies so you almost don’t see the smoke in the air. Hi Temp 88; Sunrise 6:42, Sunset 8:02 (The smoke is really evident when the sun is close to the horizon.) We had an 8:00 excursion call this morning (along with most everyone else on the ship) so we chose not to