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Tag: Baltic

The Baltic Coast & Laboe Naval Memorial

Posted on August 16, 2017April 1, 2022 by bollingerbabe

When we woke up this morning we found ourselves about to dock in Kiel, Germany.  We hadn’t been here before so we were looking forward to exploring.  We didn’t have an excursion until this afternoon, so our time this morning was ours to spend as we pleased. After breakfast we went up on deck to…

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Staying in St. Petersburg

Posted on July 17, 2013April 14, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Tuesday, 16th July 2013 This morning we woke up to find ourselves in St. Petersburg, Russia.  We had actually been here before; in 1996 when we stayed here for three days as part of a tour of Russia, and in 2002 when we had an overnight port of call on board the Caronia.  Today was…

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Touring in Tallinn

Posted on July 15, 2013April 14, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Our port of call today was Tallinn, capital of Estonia.  We had visited here once before, on the Caronia in 2002, so we were looking forward to seeing how it had changed, particularly since Estonia had joined the EU since we were last here. Today we were doing a half-day excursion that would give us…

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Saaremaa and Singing

Posted on July 14, 2013April 14, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We were up at 7.30 this morning as we had to be ready to go on an excursion at 8.30am around the island of Saaremaa, off the Estonian mainland. Saaremaa is a new port to us, so we were looking forward to exploring. From the top decks of the Black Watch we couldn’t see much…

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Cruising the Baltic

Posted on July 13, 2013April 14, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Another sunny and warm day when we woke up this morning so we were looking forward to just lazing about the ship and not doing much in particular. 🙂 At 11.00am we attended a fascinating lecture in the Neptune Lounge called “The Life and Works of Carl Fabergé”, who was famous as jeweller to the…

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Wunderbar Warnemünde!

Posted on July 12, 2013April 14, 2022 by bollingerbabe

When we woke up this morning the sun was already bright with barely a cloud in the sky, so we just knew it was going to be another lovely day.   🙂 We found ourselves docked in Warnemünde, in the former East Germany and near to Rostock, which we’d visited on a Baltic cruise on…

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