We’re in Amsterdam! homer, August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The adventure continues and we are now in Amsterdam after our Ireland trip. Our first stop this morning was IKEA but that was just to pick up a few essentials. The first real stop was to visit the best pizza in Europe, La Perla! La Perla features an authentic wood… Continue Reading
Athlone, Ireland homer, August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 We headed out of Galway this morning for Dublin but not before stopping at Athlone. We visited a castle and tried to have lunch there but many of the restaurants were closed and did not open till noon witb a 45 minute wait for food. The best feature of the… Continue Reading
Galway, Ireland homer, August 28, 2024August 29, 2024 Started the day driving to Chonamara National Park from Galway. It was the usual drive on a two lane highway with all sorts of perils and tribulations but we made it. There are THREE hiking trails at the park, Yellow (30m easy), Blue (1 hr, moderate), Red (2+ hrs, hard)…. Continue Reading
Dingle To Galway homer, August 27, 2024 we left arou d 9 am from Dingle to drive to Galway, it was a long drive however we made a few key stops. Irish Countryside Not to be confused with the English countryside, the Irish countryside is spectacular. Cliffs of Moher Before Galway, we stopped at the Cliffs of… Continue Reading
Dingle, Ireland homer, August 26, 2024August 29, 2024 We left Cork for Dingle and on the way we made a few stops… Ross Castle First stop is Ross Castle. Impressive castle with majestic views. Next stop was an old Abby. Mockross Friary A large cemetary surrounds this place given the violent history. After the friary, we went to… Continue Reading
Cork, Ireland homer, August 25, 2024 We left Dublin this morning and headed out to Cork Ireland. Our hotel was near this cathedral so we walked over to take a look. It is an impressive building called St Fin Barre Cathedral. St Fin Barre Cathedral After the Cathedral we headed out to Blarney Castle. This site… Continue Reading
We’re In Dublin! homer, August 24, 2024August 29, 2024 We left Norway and landed in Dublin late yesterday. This morning we had a lunch meeting with some very dear friends at a great Irish eatery called Fallon & Byrne. The food was absolutely amazing. We had scallops, smoked salmon and Hoke. We then did a walking tour with a… Continue Reading
Honningsvag & Kjollefjord homer, August 22, 2024 71° 10’ 21” Today we started the day in Honningsvag and took a bus ride to the North Cape at 71 degrees, 10 minutes, 21 seconds. Kjollefjord After leaving the top of Norway we headed to Kjolleford where we met an amazing Sami family that talked about their life in… Continue Reading
Tromsø homer, August 21, 2024August 21, 2024 We started the day with a lecture at the conference room about the history of the long sea routes across the Norwegian coast. Our host Howard was funny and entertaining. He gave us the history of how the cruise line industry came to be in Norway and how the two… Continue Reading
Lofoten homer, August 20, 2024 Lunch / Dinner We had a late start today and our first real stop on the ship was the dining hall to eat fabulous meals. Lunch consisted of lamb sausage, Norwegian fish soup and tomato salad (image below). Dinner – A three course meal with the usual seafood theme. The… Continue Reading