Author Archives: Dale

Awesome Archipelago Adventure

We disembarked the Marina at 9:00 am and caught a taxi to the Stockholm Grand Hotel.  Margaret had been to the GrandView full post »

Vasa-lating in Stockholm

This morning we woke up just as the ship was traversing through the dramatic entrance into Stockholm.  Passing Vaxholm,View full post »

Fogged in — in Finland

We arrived in Helsinki Finland this morning and departed immediately for a brief bus ride to a dock area where weView full post »

Leaving St. Petersburg: Been There Done That

Having decided to not to the Hermitage museum tour a couple days ago we were able to take it easy out last day in StView full post »

The Inkredible Kremlin

Today we were up early (5:00 am) for our 5:45 am departure for Moscow.  It was made more challenging by the fact thatView full post »

Persuing Rasputin in Yusupov Palace

That title is a mouthful if you say it 10 times real fast!  It turns out that we have been in two St.View full post »

Tall Walls of Tallinn

Today it is Tallinn, Estonia, a place that we had never heard about prior to this trip and, quite frankly, weView full post »

Riding Around Riga

Today we arrived in Riga, Latvia under very nice weather.  Turns out that it is the best day this summer as it has beenView full post »

We’ve Been to Berlin

We had a very early day today as we departed for our tour of Berlin at 7:15 am.  It is a 3 hour drive from the portView full post »