Category Archives: 2013 Baltic Cruise
Baltic Cruise Summary
Our Baltic Serenade Cruise on the Oceania Marina ship is now complete. To make it easier for you to peruse ourView full post »
Manhattan Beach Marathon
OK, it’s not quite a marathon but it seemed like one at the time. This morning, we woke up at the Belamar HotelView full post »
In Heaven on our 747!
We enjoyed a nice breakfast at the Grand Hotel before catching a cab to the Arlanda Airport, about 25 minutes outsideView full post »
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 »