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Month: January 2025

Homeward Bound

Posted on January 4, 2025January 26, 2025 by bollingerbabe

SUNRISE: 09:35 SUNSET: 16:52 Got up this morning at eight o’clock as usual, feeling really sad that it was the last day of our amazing cruise. Despite the fact that we were heading south all the time, the sunrise time was still a lot later than it was at home at this time of year….

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Winter Wonderland At Sea

Posted on January 4, 2025June 30, 2025 by bollingerbabe

SUNRISE: 09:47 SUNSET: 16:16 We awoke at eight o’clock as usual this mornng, and I called the Atlantis Spa to see if I could get a appointment to have my hair put up tonight; they managed to get me in at 3.00pm. We then got washed and dressed before making our way, as usual, to…

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A Look Around Ålesund

Posted on January 2, 2025January 23, 2025 by bollingerbabe

SUNRISE: 10:02 SUNSET: 15:16 When we got up at eight o’clock this morning, a quick look out of our portholes told us that Balmoral was already docked in Ålesund. We had visited this picturesque port a couple of times before, the last time being in February 2022 on the Borealis. We were happy to be…

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A World in White

Posted on January 1, 2025January 22, 2025 by bollingerbabe

All is quiet on New Year’s Day.A world in white gets underway. New Year’s Day – U2 SUNRISE: 09:59 SUNSET: 14:45 We got up at 8.00am as usual, suprisingly clear-headed after all our freebie glasses of fizz yesterday! Maybe it was because we’d spread it out over the whole day, and accompanied most of it…

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