Peter's Travel Blog

For our second day in Copenhagen we had a whole route through the city planned. We’ve been here a couple of times before, and never really seen much beyond the quayside and ‘Little Mermaid’ areas, so this seemed like a good opportunity to explore a different part of the city. Or so we thought… It turns out that everywhere is...

Today – according to the original itinerary – was going to be a sea-day. Then several days ago, the captain announced that because we had left Dover a day later than scheduled, and essentially missed a port, he was happy to announce that he’d secured a visit to Ronne, a Danish town on the island of Bornholm, in the Baltic...

Our port-stops marathon continued today, with a visit to Gdansk, in Poland – another city (or country) we’ve never been to before. The city is a 20-Minute shuttle bus drive from the port. I must confess; where we were dropped off – by the NovaHotal – was a bit misleading, and didn’t fill us full of hope. A relatively short...

We’ve been to Klaipeda before. In fact, we both thought we’d been here a couple of times, but checking back confirms that we’ve only been here the once, which just goes to show how important keeping this journal is. The city is notable for its many sculptures and urban art, starting with ‘Black Ghost’, which is the one we always...

It’s our second half-day in Riga, Latvia. We’ll be leaving at 1pm, and I have a class this afternoon, so we plan to take a walk into the city this morning. Before breakfast, what should we see backing into a parking spot alongside us but none other than Fred Olsen’s Borealis, which we’ll be joining for a trip to Norway...