Date Visited: 7/25/22 Kotka, Finland was not part of the plan when we booked our cruise through the Baltics. We were supposed to go to St. Petersburg, Russia, but with the Ukranian war that wasn’t going to happen. Cruise ships … Continue reading →
Date Visited: 7/25/22 Finland as an independent country is relatively new. Despite being a unique and culturally rich land, it has been occupied for centuries. Sometimes it has been voluntary and other times not so much. Having to be constantly … Continue reading →
Date Visited: August 20, 2022 In Rick Riordan’s the World of Percy Jackson, Percy discovers that the United States is the new Greece. So it is not surprising that some of us might have Demigod powers and not even know … Continue reading →
When we were originally planning our Baltic cruise there were several ports that got changed along the way. Karlskrona, Sweden was one of the ports I wasn’t excepting. I knew we would eventually end up in Stockholm, but I didn’t … Continue reading →
As the Capital city, Berlin, is in the middle of the country. This poses a minor problem because cruise boats don’t don’t really travel well on land, actually they don’t travel at all on land unless maybe they are in … Continue reading →
As mentioned in my previous post the Danish value the good life. It has made them one of the happiest countries in the world. So it comes as no surprise that the Danish know how to have a good time. … Continue reading →
I am not really qualified to teach you Danish history but the little of Danish history I learned while in the country was very interesting and since it involves an ancestor of mine (part of my family tree is Danish) … Continue reading →
So to travel through the Baltics we were on the Norwegian Dawn for 8 days. The Norwegian Dawn is a part of Norwegian Cruise lines. This was not our first time cruising, we had been on two Carnival cruises to … Continue reading →
Date Visited : May, 27-30, 2022 Colima, Mexico is an interesting place. Like many states in Mexico, the capital city and state share the same name. When I told my Mexican cousins I was going to Colima they told me … Continue reading →
Date Visited: 5/11/22 The state of Chiapas is traditionally Mayan, but curiously it has an Aztec name. This is because in 1486 the Aztecs invaded the then named Mayan city of Coyatoc and changed the name, both words mean “place … Continue reading →
