We went on a cruise to Scandinavia and Russia on Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas, May 16-28, 2009. It was a great adventure, but like most long trips, there was good and bad. The ship was beautiful, the food was great, the crew was happy, and our room on the starboard corner at the stern had a large balcony; perfect for taking pictures. I took 756 pictures. I would have taken more, except I cracked the display on my little Sony Cybershot. It still functioned, and thanks to the optical view finder, we could still take pictures, but we could'nt view settings, or see what we shot. We flew from Sacramento, to Dallas, to London, and left on the ship from Harwich. We went to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallinn(Estonia), Oslo, and back to Harwich.
Heathrow to Dallas to Sacramento and home.
Working on a cruise ship is hard work, with long hours. But if you want to see the world, what a great way to do it. When you get older, travel becomes more difficult. Jeanne was just six weeks out of knee surgery, in some pain, but determined to get around, with or without the help of a cane. On some of the tours, we lagged behind a bit, but she never complained. What a trooper. All the walking seemed to help, actually. Gettin' old ain't fer sissies.
You can see all the pictures on my Picasa web album here: http://picasaweb.google.com/cyberfish2/JewelOfTheSeasCruise#
