Friday, April 26, 2019

Pre-cruise

Mr. Wonderful and I are going on our first ocean cruise in June.  We have been on a river cruise but never an ocean cruise.  I wanted to visit Scandinavia and see my friend Betsy as well as visit some places we haven't been.  The cruise had to stop in Gothenburg, Sweden so that Betsy could reach us by train.  We did not want to spend money in Russia so we are missing out on some Baltic ports.  And we also wanted a small ship.  Put all that together and we came up with the Viking Sky, yes that Viking Sky, which we hope is now the safest ship on the sea.  

Betsy suggested we travel in summer and that the midnight sun in June might be interesting for us.  The cruise begins in Bergen and ends in Copenhagen.  Like our Viking River Cruise it spends 2 nights in port at the beginning and end of the cruise so we have a full day in each.  It also spends two full days in Oslo after traveling the coast of Norway then visits ports in Sweden, Germany and Denmark.  



                                                     Viking Ocean Cruises Map and Itinerary



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