Random thoughts from the sea
Day 45, 2025 European Odyssey Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025; Ålesund, Norway. Forty-two days ago, I boarded The Golden Train for an afternoon ride on what Lonely Planet called Europe’s most scenic rail journey. We saw waterfalls and farms as we climbed the mountain valley, but had no glimpses of the
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Days 6-8, 2025 European Odyssey Friday-Sunday, July 4-6, 2025; Honningsvag, Hammerfest and Alta, Norway. Years ago some guys in a bar in Breckenridge, Colo., asked me where my condo was, and I said, “at the end of the circle.” They proceeded to argue that a circle has no end. I
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Days 4-5, 2025 European Odyssey Wednesday and Thursday, July 2-3, 2025; Trondheim, Norway, and Norwegian Sea. I was late to the game in signing up for a walking tour of Trondheim, Norway. A fellow cruiser on our Cruise Critic roll call (social media threads for each and every cruise) put
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Day 3, 2025 European Odyssey Tuesday, July 1, 2025; Åndalsnes, Norway I’m gearing myself up for a marathon of cruise ports for the next few months. I’m used to long cruises with lots of sea days as we sail across oceans. This summer and fall will consist mainly of two-week
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Days 56 and 57, 2023 North Atlantic Adventure Thursday and Friday, July 6 and 7, 2023; Akureyri and Isafjorður, Iceland. There may be as many as 10,000 waterfalls in Iceland. Many are just a trickle – although perhaps a very long trickle – down a mountainside. A few weeks ago
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Day 39, 2023 North Atlantic Adventure Monday, June 19, 2023; Hammerfest and North Cape, Norway. Today I set a new personal record for northernmost travel. We cruised beneath the towering cliffs of Norway’s North Cape. My map app measured our progress to 71.15973 degrees north (and 24.74017 degrees east). I
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Day 38, 2023 North Atlantic Adventure Sunday, June 18, 2023; Alta, Norway. In lieu of exploring the Svalbard archipelago, we are cruising through stunning scenery of the northern cape of Norway. It’s not a disappointing tradeoff. The most awesome aspect of this journey for me has been the Midnight Sun
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Days 35-36, 2023 North Atlantic Adventure Thursday and Friday, June 15-16, 2023; Molde and Trondheim, Norway. This cruise up the coast of Norway is something of a consolation voyage. Originally, we were to sail to Svalbard, an archipelago far north of Norway’s North Cape. Sadly, the cruise line canceled those
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Day 34, 2023 North Atlantic Adventure Wednesday, June 14, 2023; Bergen, Norway. The third time was the charm for Bergen. It is said to be the rainiest city in Norway (more rainy days than London), and my visits in 2019 and last April proved that true. Today was sunny, with
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Day 113, Grand World Voyage Wednesday, April 26, 2023; Bergen, Norway. Heavy clouds… snow… freezing rain… sleet… peek of blue sky… hail. Repeat. Such was today’s weather in Bergen, Norway. Still, it didn’t keep us from have a great day exploring this second-largest Norwegian city. Or at least the tourist
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