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Northern Lights, Fjords, and History - Narvik, Norway

Northern Lights, Fjords, and History - Narvik, Norway #northernlights #myvikingstory

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Flying High on the London Eye

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Travel Reminiscing - February 2, 2020

Day 10 of our 2020 Viking Chilean Fjords & south America cruise on the “Viking Jupiter”. Another sea day in the South Atlantic as we sail north off the Patagonia coast. Spent the afternoon on our veranda and the sundeck photographing the majestic sea birds as they glide effortlessly hundreds of miles from shore. This day was Superbowl Sunday, so the ship put on a watch party on the pool deck.…

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2022 Prague Christmas Market Trip – Arrival Day

2022 Prague Christmas Market Trip – Arrival Day

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Ready To Cruise Again

Ready To Cruise Again

In less than a week we will be cruising again! Prior to the Pandemic we had booked two cruises with Viking for 2020, one river cruise of the eastern Danube and one ocean cruise of the Mediterranean. Both cruises were cancelled as everything shutdown and we took cruise credits in hopes to reschedule. Well finally, cruising is restarting and we have rebooked our Mediterranean cruise for…

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Kolorful Keukenhof

QUICK PICKS - Kolorful Keukenhof

With Springtime comes the Tulips. What better place to see tulips is Keukenhof Gardens, near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. This beautiful ga

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Travel Reminiscing - Battle of Moreuil Wood Centennial

On March 30, 2018 we were in Moreuil, a small town in northeast France, to attend the Centennial ceremonies for the Battle of Moreuil Wood.

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(via QUICK PICK - Sunset Walk at Perkins Cove Maine)

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Today's Quick Pick

QUICK PICK - Sunset Walk at Perkins Cove Maine

“Quick Pick” a Photo Essay series highlighting a specific place, moment, or event from our travels or everyday life. Perkins Cove in the tow

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Travel Reminiscing - We End in Buenos Aires

After nearly a month on our South American trip, we arrived in Buenos Aires from Colonia Uruguay early evening Monday February 17th, 2020. T

The final reminiscence of our South American trip just a year ago. We got home late February 2020 and then the Pandemic took over. It's great to have such memories to look back on and look forward to better times and getting on the road again. Looking back at our South American trip statistics.

Days away from home… 28

Air Miles Traveled……. 18,994 miles (30,568km)

Sea Miles Traveled…… 4,696 miles (7,557km)

Land Miles Traveled… 825 miles (1,328km)

Highest mountain drive elevation: 12,572ft. (3,832m)

Number of Ports Visited…. 8

Number of Airports Visited… 8

Number of Days at Sea………… 18

Glasses of Malbec Wine….. ??

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Travel Reminiscing - Sun Setting on our South America Trip

We got to Colonia del Sacramento around noon on Sunday February 16th after the 2.5-hour bus ride from Montevideo. It was a short cab ride fr

Looking back a year ago, we were finishing up our South American trip, spending a couple of days in the historic town of Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Walking around the old town section, a UNESCO World Heritage site, with its many photo opportunities. Joining the locals in the evening ritual of watching the sunset over the Rio de la Plata. Hope to go back some day.

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Travel Reminiscing - Off to the Andes

Highlights of our day trip to the high Andes on the final full day of our Mendoza trip.

Looking back at the Mendoza portion of our 2020 South America trip, a drive to the high Andes for breathtaking scenery and breathtaking altitude!

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Travel Reminiscing - Mendoza Wine & Cuisine

Enjoying Mendoza's excellent wines and wonderful cuisines during our February 2020 Viking post cruise tour extension.

Our Travel Reminiscing blog series continues with highlights of the visit to Mendoza Argentina in February 2020. Mendoza means Malbec wine and great cuisine and we would visit several exquisite wineries and dine at some of Mendoza’s best restaurants.

#travel, #Mendoza, #Argentina, #wine, #Malbec, #finedining

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Travel Reminiscing - Our South America Cruise Comes to an End

Our South America cruise was winding down. With the last couple of days to go, we would first visit Montevideo Uruguay, spending the day before sailing overnight across the Rio de la Plata to our final destination, Buenos Aires. We would have one full day of excursions in Buenos Aires, then the following day, disembark

Travel Reminiscing…. Our 2020 South America cruise comes to an end. After two and a half weeks sailing around South America on the beautiful Viking Jupiter, our cruise was coming to an end. We enjoyed our last two ports of call: Montevideo Uruguay and Buenos Aires.

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Travel Reminiscing - South Atlantic Seabirds

We were about halfway into our Viking South America cruise when we “rounded Cape Horn” and entered the South Atlantic Ocean. Our itinerary during this part of the cruise was for a visit to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, then a couple of days sailing to Puerto Madryn in the Patagonia region of Argentina. We were lookin

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Cruising Tierra del Fuego Jan-Feb 2020

Looking back on our January-February 2020 Viking cruise of South America

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Nothing like Fall in New England.