Random thoughts from the sea
Days 25-26, 2025 European Odyssey Wednesday and Thursday, July 23-24, 2025; Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands. For the past couple of years, I’ve flown the flag of each country we visit on my cabin door frame. It’s a fun ritual to change the flag when we head to a new
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Day 52, 2023 North Atlantic Adventure Sunday, July 2, 2023; Rotterdam, Netherlands. I’ve instituted a new rule when it comes to shopping these days: If I wouldn’t pack it for a cruise, I don’t buy it. Today that rule came into play several times, as we toured the Royal Delft
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Days 48 and 49, 2023 North Atlantic Adventure Wednesday and Thursday, June 28 and 29, 2023; Kirkwall and Edinburgh, Scotland. When I think of visiting ancient places, I think of the pyramids of Egypt or the Colosseum in Rome. Scotland never came to mind. But on Wednesday I went to
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Days 28 and 29, 2023 North Atlantic Adventure Thursday and Friday, June 8-9, 2023; Invergordon and Edinburgh, Scotland. Just a few feet under the festive crowds on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile lies a world of dankness, darkness and disease. I spent an hour today exploring Mary King’s Close, venturing hundreds of
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Day 116, Grand World Voyage Saturday, April 29, 2023; Oban, Scotland, U.K. Our amazing weather luck continues to hold. Once again, the forecast was for possible rain in Oban, Scotland, and once again we had no rain. Oban is a resort town on the west coast of Scotland. Its most
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Day 115, Grand World Voyage Friday, April 28, 2023; Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland, U.K. I don’t usually have internet access while on shore, but today I was carrying my Skyroam hotspot while on an excursion to the north end of the Isle of Skye. When my phone pinged, I
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