Baltic , Norway , Iceland and the U.K. on the Zuiderdam 2019 with photos

[scubacruiserx2]

11 hours ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

Great pictures.

 

Maybe a Pinnacle Suite on one of the new HAL ships?

 

 

Thank you . No it's not . We wish that we could could book a Pinnacle but we prefer the older , smaller HAL ships .

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Our next ship's casino

 

 

And our 3rd port

 

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The next port from cute

 

 

to creepy

 

 

more ship photos

 

 

 

 

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We're think of sharing our cabins photos on halfacts

[cat shepard]

That is Spain’s Guggenheim. Need to look up which city. I am getting old.

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38 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

That is Spain’s Guggenheim. Need to look up which city. I am getting old.

 

Yes it is in Bilbao, Spain and a Gold Medal for your persistence . American Architect Frank Gehry designed it along with the MoPop that we saw later near the Space Needle .

 

 

We hope to get out into the countryside on our upcoming stop in Bilbao . The line to get back on the ship there was as long as the ship !

 

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

Our next scheduled port

 

 

Morning coffee and specialty dinning

 

 

 

 

[St Pete Cruiser]

Next port: Zeebrugge

Ship: Regal Princess

[scubacruiserx2]

Yes , congratulations !  🏆    

 

28 day TA on the Regal Princess

 

 

 

How about a carriage ride as your prize ?

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[St Pete Cruiser]

Thanks.  Looks nice, especially that suite.  I've only been to Bilbao once; HAL doesn't seem to stop there often.

[scubacruiserx2]

10 hours ago, St Pete Cruiser said:

Thanks.  Looks nice, especially that suite.  I've only been to Bilbao once; HAL doesn't seem to stop there often.

 

The suite photos are from someone we met who allowed to take some photos of their cabin . They also showed us the lounge which is like the Neptune Lounge .

 

 

We have only been to Bilbao once on a Celebrity transatlantic . So this time it's an aft penthouse on Princess . Bilbao and the Azores were very nice but we really liked Lisbon , LeHarve and Bermuda which no one seems to do on a TA .

[scubacruiserx2]

Some photos from beautiful Bermuda

 

 

 

 

When it started to rain , we went underground

 

 

All was well until they turned off the lights

 

 

Our TA ship last time

 

 

Bermuda blues

 

 

 

 

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Catching up -- great reports.

 

Love the pictures.

[scubacruiserx2]

29 minutes ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

Catching up -- great reports.

 

Love the pictures.

 

 

Thank you , a couple more beach shots

 

 

 

And lights out cave video

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Brugge is well seen by crowded boat tours

 

 

 

 

But we did enjoy walking and the carriage tours

 

 

 

And of course  chocolate

 

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We also made a stop at Le Harve , France where we hired a guide for a photo tour of Mont Saint Michel

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel

 

 

We did hike from the cemetery to the monastery

 

 

 

It was low tide and we were surprised to see so many people walking on the mud flats

 

 

 

 

When the tide comes in it can change 46 ' from low to high very fast drowning unsuspecting sheep and people

 

 

 

 

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We also stopped at Deauville

 

 

 

 

 

And Honfleur

 

 

 

 

The Port of Le Harve

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We looked long and hard at this cruise on the Rotterdam but we wanted to be with the kids and grand kids on Easter and we wanted more time in Ireland and Scotland .

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Wonderful pictures from all the ports.

 

Flowers are gorgeous.

[scubacruiserx2]

11 hours ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

Wonderful pictures from all the ports.

 

Flowers are gorgeous.

 

 

Thank you , it was a nice day in France 

[scubacruiserx2]

We booked a couple more cruises and changed cabins on our Regal Princess cruise due to a price drop . 😊

[scubacruiserx2]

We hope to be doing a double crossing next year with a little Norway on the side . As we are in the ports of call planning stage we located our old SD card which showed our first visit there on a ... Carnival ship . It was affordable and didn't seem like a Carnival cruise because of the location . We got our first aft wrap at a good price .

 

 

 

 

Check out the sliding glass shower door

 

 

The balcony was narrow and the tapered rail further reduced the usable size

 

 

We left from Dover , our preferred port from London

 

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We have only been to Stavanger once and it's a cute port town

 

 

We felt comfortable walking the quite , pretty little area

 

 

 

 

And some of the houses had a view

 

 

 

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Stavanger Cathedral

 

 

At the fish market they sell Norwegian sweaters ( made in China )

 

 

We had booked a fjord tour on this boat

 

 

Unfortunately , ours was a little bit more crowded

 

 

We would be following the dotted line to Pulpit Rock

 

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Heading out slowly

 

 

How many seals can you see ?

 

 

Grass roofs

 

 

Goats

 

 

The terrain and sky had began to change