Geo: 56.2556, 11.2939 Today was the last full day of the cruise. Of course, Nikki and I both woke up early. We went to breakfast at Top Siders while the girls slept in. We then went and played cards in the Promenade Lounge until it was time for the Origami class to begin. Then the girls joined us in the lounge to play Cruisin for Trivia. WE WON AGAIN!!!!! We all went to lunch at Topsiders and then the girls went off with their friends. Nikki and I decided to do some packing before we went to see Prince of Persia (I had missed the first and last of the movie last night). Part way through the show I went to an Innovations of the Theme Parks presentation and then back to Prince of Persia for ... read more

Geo: 59.3327, 18.0645When we woke up this morning we were already docked in Stockholm, Sweden. We had a horrible view from our verandah. It was a large building as tall as the ship. Up to this point, we had amazing views from our side of the ship. Turns out that this the view on the other side was just as bad. At least our side faced the old town area (if we could see through the building)We had breakfast in Lumiere's and then joined our Tour. We had chosen a tour of Old Town and then a stop at the Ice Bar. Our bus stopped in Old Town near the Palace and then walked to the town square and through the twisty streets. Once we were back on the bus we went to the hotel where ... read more

Geo: 59.939, 30.3158Our second day in St. Petersburg started very early. For some reason our alarm didn't go off so we were glad we also set a wakeup call. We grabbed breakfast in Topsiders before heading to Rockin Bar D for our shore excursion. We were going to tour the palaces in Pushkin and Peterhof. We boarded the bus and headed first to Pushkin. The palace there is the Palace of Katherine the Great. It was a beautiful palace and is in the process of being restored to its full glory. One kilo of gold has been donated to complete the gilding of the outside of the palace.After touring the palace and grounds we did about 15 minutes of shopping before going to our lunch stop. We ate lunch in a restaurant not far from the ... read more

Geo: 56.6079, 19.1602We lost an hour last night and we were at sea today so we didn't get up until 9am. We got ready and left the stateroom around 10 so that Sean, our Stateroom Host, could clean the room. Nikki and I had Brunch at Palo at 10:30 and the girls went to get some breakfast. On the way we stopped by Shutters to check out our photos. Brunch was delicious as always. We left STUFFED even though we tried not to eat too much. While we were at Brunch, the girls went to a scrapbooking activity. We checked in with the girls and then decided to go up to the Quite Cove Pool and put names on our photos so that we could remember what they were called. You know, we are getting older ... read more

Geo: 55.6763, 12.5681Today we were in Copenhagen Denmark. It is our 18th Wedding Anniversary! We had breakfast at Topsiders before meeting in Studio Sea for our tour.The tour we chose today was a tour called Castles of North Zealand. After boarding our bus we drove through Copenhagen before heading to the first of three castles we were going to visit.Our first castle was Kronborg Castle. This is also called the Hamlet Castle because it is the setting of Shakespeare's play. It was built in 1425 and was a fortress until the late 1970s. This was a beautiful castle and a great way to start the day.The second castle we visited was the summer residence of the current Royal Family. It is the Fredensborg Palace. This is an Italian style structure. We were able to walk almost ... read more