May 30 Docked in downtown St. Petersburg this morning to spend 3 days of viewing the opulence of the Czars. Had our first of 5 tours on Wednesday morning and experienced our first day of clouds and rain. The tour gave us an overview of the many sights to see here by bus and canal […]
May 29 Our Virtuoso Voyager Club excursion in Helsinki was a tasty sliver of life in Northern Europe. We left the pier at 8:30am toured the immediate area around the pier which allowed our group of 18 to get off the bus and visit with one another. We then visited a famous architect’s home where […]
May 29 Our Virtuoso Voyager Club excursion in Helsinki was a resounding success. We left the pier at 8:30am toured the immediate area around the pier which allowed our group of 18 to get off the bus and visit with one another. We then visited a famous architect’s home where he and his contemporaries actually […]
May 28 Our cocktail party for the Virtuoso Travellers on board the Silver Whisper was in the Observation Lounge on Sunday night. We have a very international guest list with travellers from Canada, the United States, Brazil, Bermuda and Australia all represented. The group enjoyed an introduction from the Cruise Director and a short talk […]
May 26 Today is a favorite of mine….an “At Sea Day” as we transit the Kiel Canal in Northern Germany. I think of it as a short cut, taking us from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea, it cuts about 500km’s off the journey. The canal is very narrow. Along both sides for the […]