June 12, 2025 We are in Chemideoya a small island just 500 miles from the North Pole. Our adventure today puts boots on the ground to search for polar bears. After a zodiac ride from the ship to the shore and a scary landing at the beach where we had to climb on wet rocks …
June 11, 2025 Today the adventure begins!! We have arrived at our first exploration spot Lillhookfjorded. It is a 14-kilometer long ford branch of Kossfjorden. The glacier is the largest glacier of northwestern Spitsbergen. Suffice it to say that the important part is we are sitting in brash ice with a spectacular glacier in front …
June 10, 2025 Today is a travel day as we travel from Helsinki to Longyearbyen Norway. Longyearbyen is 78 degrees north so almost to the North Pole!! It is home to 2,400 people and 3000 snowmobiles!!! It is the administrative capital of Svalbard and is situated on the southern side of Adventfjorden. The settlement was …
June 9,2025 The travel to Finland was one of the most challenging that I have experienced. What was suppose to be 18 hours ended up being over 30 hours. But as I was approaching Helsinki a beautiful sunset greeted me even though it was midnight!!! After a couple of hours of sleep i headed out …
April 26, 2025 It is anther perfect weather day and we are headed to the southern most point of Europe,Sagres, or as the sign said “Europe Starts Here”. It was about an hour ride through the countryside of the Algarve region. with its green hills and red roofed homes to get to The Fortress of …
April 25, 2025 Another perfect weather day!!! Temperature is in the low 70’ with a gentle breeze from the ocean. My first adventure of the day was the most incredible massage. The masseuse was an expert at reading my body and paid attention to what it needed. She even massaged my open heart surgery incision …
April 23, 2025 I arrived in Armação de Pêra, Portugal to visit my friend Martha. She has an incredible condo near the water in this small Portuguese fishing village. The town is one of the last places in the region where fishing boats are launched from and recovered to the actual beach. There is no …
Monday April 21, 2025 Today I am headed from Brussels to the heart of Flanders. I will be exploring the charming cities of Bruges, known as the “Venice of the North,” and Ghent, Our first stop was Ghent a port city in northwest Belgium, at the confluence of the Leie and Scheldt rivers. During the …
April 20, 2025 Happy Easter! The sun is out and as I leave the boat I am looking forward to a day of adventuring on my own in Brussels. I dropped my bags at the hotel and headed out to walk to the city centre (about a mile). Along the way I encountered a beautiful …
April 19, 2025 The sun has finally reappeared!! We are once again going though a series of locks that will now take us up 185 feet and then we head to Brussels, Belgium the final stop for the cruise. The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as …
